Gauteng e-government assures panic button app data is secure despite security breach
‘No citizens’ personal information was compromised’ The DA said on Monday it would report the matter to the Information Regulator and demanded that the department appear before the e-government portfolio committee to explain.“The department will continue to undertake appropriate security assessments and implement measures necessary to safeguard government systems and the information entrusted to it by residents,” it concluded.
Joel Cedras, who was also one of the two students who exposed fraud within the South African Social Security Agency database in 2024, reported that he was easily able to access the personal information of Gauteng e-panic button users.
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