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News24 reports that the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Monday sentenced a former IT technician, Obakeng Israel Busang, who had been contracted to the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA), to an effective 10 years behind bars for the unlawful installation of spyware on GMA laptop and desktop computers.
Gautrain lost about R11 million after Busang hacked the IT systems and let outsiders access it with the intention of siphoning off funds from the organisation's accounts. He was arrested in 2014. During the initial stages of his trial, Busang pleaded not guilty, but later changed his plea to guilty. He was convicted of 38 counts of contravening Section 86(4) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2002. "Busang was responsible for assisting employees with technical problems related to their laptops or desktops. He then used this opportunity, under false pretences that he was installing the latest software, to install spyware such as remote administration tools (RATs) and key loggers to overcome security measures designed to protect passwords and/or access codes to gain access to information from employees' laptops and desktops," NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane explained. GMA lost not less than R1.2 million to have the spyware removed and to replace some hard drives.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Riaan Grobler at News24
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