Global PHP scramble knocks Presidency website offline

Global PHP scramble knocks Presidency website offline

The Union Buildings in Pretoria The presidency took its website offline on Friday “as a precautionary measure in response to a global cybersecurity event”. It did so two days after the developers of the PHP programming language released emergency fixes for two critical flaws that attackers are already exploiting. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused…

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Meet the mLab CodeTribe graduates who built the Northern Cape’s InvestSA One Stop Shop website

Meet the mLab CodeTribe graduates who built the Northern Cape’s InvestSA One Stop Shop website

From left: Hanna Sebolai, Felicia Tlhareseng, Muhammed Davids and Galaletsang Morokonyana, the mLab CodeTribe graduates who developed the Northern Cape’s InvestSA One Stop Shop website. Four CodeTribe graduates used their software development skills to build a provincial digital platform supporting investment promotion and helping investors access information about doing business in the Northern Cape. Digital…

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OpenAI agent ‘infiltrated’ Australian government website, PM says

OpenAI agent ‘infiltrated’ Australian government website, PM says

An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI “infiltrated” an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. The agent hacked a statistics portal containing “non-sensitive” data from Australia’s universal healthcare scheme Medicare, Albanese said in New York on Wednesday, local time. He had a “very frank discussion” with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…

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African Court On Human and Peoples’ Rights Launches New Website At Opening of 2026 Judicial Year and Launch of 20th Anniversary

African Court On Human and Peoples’ Rights Launches New Website At Opening of 2026 Judicial Year and Launch of 20th Anniversary

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has officially launched its revamped website, www.african-court.org on the margins of the Solemn Ceremony marking the Opening of its 2026 Judicial Year and the commencement of its 20th Anniversary commemoration at its Seat in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. The Solemn Ceremony was graced by His…

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‘Reimagined’ gov.za website in the works

‘Reimagined’ gov.za website in the works

The state expects to launch the gov.za alpha site this month. The state will this month launch the gov.za alpha site, followed by the migration of departmental websites and the implementation of zero-rating. This was revealed during National Treasury’s progress report on the status of Operation Vulindlela phase two, for the second quarter of the…

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