Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she was unaware about cybercrime theft plaguing the Department Public Works and Infrastructure.
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she was unaware of cybercrime theft plaguing the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure...Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she was unaware of cybercrime theft plaguing the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure .
This incident prompted a full forensic investigation by the Hawks, the South African Police Service , the State Security Agency , and Information and Communication Technology experts., who was Public Works Minister from May 2019 to March 2023, has announced she would meet with Macpherson so she can be furnished with the details of the cybercrime theft.
“Once I have seen the report from Minister Macpherson, relevant to my period, I will then be able to respond fully. “I will hear the details from him and what exactly transpired. Then we will take it from there,” she said.“The crooks are always two or three steps ahead of us and that’s why I say I cannot comment on the substance of the report until I have met with Minister Macpherson next week because if it was hidden within the system, they might have found ways of concealing it,” De Lille continued.
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