On Wednesday night I was browsing a couple of websites and the news hit the wire that the eNaTIS website (http://www.enatis.com) has been hacked. I was pretty surprised at that so I decided to go have a look for myself and see if it had been hacked. When I browsed to the eNaTIS website it was very clearly shown that they had been hacked. I even took the following screenshot to remind me the event:
So wow, the ENATIS website was hacked by someone from Turkey (according to the message). I did a little bit more research and found out that the system had been hacked the day before this hack took place as well. At this point I wondered how wise it was for the traffic department to design their website on public content management system like Joomla. You would think that with the budget they blew that at the very least they could have paid a professional designer to make the eNaTIS website. You would be wrong.
I know websites get hacked all the time online. I have watched servers hosting thousands of websites all get exploited in a single night so I really did not think much more about it. About an hour later I decide to go back to the eNaTIS website to see if they have resolved the hack and fixed the situation. So I logged back onto www.enatis.com and saw right way that their website has been restored... but with an added message. Here is the screenshot I took of that visit:
Okay, I completely understand the difference between the eNaTIS website and the eNaTIS system so most of what was written there made sense. Though I love the propagandic attempt to play down the hack by using the choice of words, "This was apparently due to someone leaving a comment on a page of a section of the eNaTIS public web site (this site). ". The "part" of the site that was hacked was the index page, which means that any browsers would not be able to browse to any other parts of the site. That's a pretty big section if you want ask me.
I honestly thought the story would end there and that would be the last I heard about it (unless the website got hacked again) until I woke up this morning. Myadsl.co.za had published part of a statement released from the Department of Transport. about the hacks that stunk so much I just had to write about it. Before I continue let me show you what got me all worked up:
Once again I have highlighted the bullsh!t for you. You can clearly see from my collection of screenshots I have taken about this incident that Collen Msibi is a lying bastard. Collen Msibi is now claiming that the eNaTIS website has "NOT" been hacked! Even though earlier in the day he informed the press that he was aware of the hack and was investigating it.
This man is either way too dishonest or too stupid to hold his current position in public office. Since I am very familiar with how the current government mindset works I am going to lean in the direction of dishonesty with a dash of stupidity. Why do our government officials have such problems with telling the truth? Do people working in government not have any character beyond that of a petri dish of bacteria?
Collen Msibi, by saying the eNaTIS website was not hacked after it so clearly was is wrong. You have either lied to the public or are not educated enough to be releasing statements on behalf of the Department of Transport. But hey, what do you care?
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wtf is wrong with all you people?
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Leetest form of linux there is. The primary OS I now use. Kubuntu, Dapper Drake, 6.06 LTS. I really think people should use this as their default OS
For those of you who dont know, I run Kubuntu OS as my desktop OS. With all the queerness of Microsofts Anti Piracy campaign, I have decided to completely leave the MicroSoft world. Sure, I loose windows media player and some gaming choices. However, you do get awsome games like warsow that are completely open source, and LOADS of fun to play. If you are in South Africa, there is a South African warsow server gracefully hosted by Web Africa. When in the game just type "connect warsow.webfafrica.co.za" And you will connect to the server to be able to jam with the rest of us.
I consider this a book that every South African should read to get perspective in their lives. Its honesty is most refreshing and Al Lovejoy`s ability to capture in words the essence of a culture and history of a generation of south Africans is amazing. Al Lovejoy has earned a lot of respect from a generation of youth who appretiate the truth. Thank you Al.
Other reviews:
‘Acid Alex is quite simply one of the most shocking autobiographies I have ever read. It is also well-written, addictive, excellent.’
– Sue Blaine, Business Day
‘Heartbreaking! Entertaining! Intelligent!’
– Erns Grundling, SL magazine
‘Nothing I have read has sketched the scorched social landscape of South Africa’s last half-century with such intensity and honesty. Read it.’
– Charles Thesen, Marie Claire
‘There are elements of Hunter S Thompson, Herman Charles Bosman, William Burroughs and William Wharton. But in the end it is an amazing story told in a unique voice. A voice moulded by pain, a voice honed by a government reformatory..., whetted by the SADF, and sharpened by Pretoria Central.
It is the story of a man who went to hell and came back, a morality tale, a Bildungsroman, the narrative of a f*ckup who found redemption, and the anthem of a lost generation.’– Caspar Greeff, Sunday Times
‘Truly, as Koos Kombuis says, this is “an astonishingly breathless story” … Besides being a great read, Acid Alex is an invaluable record of a type of mania that gripped a certain type of South African in the last quarter of the 20th century. It’s a book that’s going to appeal to many young South Africans who currently have to turn to the United States for their myths of pointless excess, and it’s going to inspire them. Not necessarily in a particularly savoury way.’
– Chris Roper, Mail & Guardian
This book is more than just a suggested read.
In what has to be a remarkable show of insight into the power of social networking, a British Indie band is offering their album free to download off their website. This is one band, that seems to have googled it. It looks like the older corporate models are failing and hopefully the world will not have to tolerate the insanity that is RIAA much longer.
I love artists with scope.
South Africa needs science and South Africa needs prominent scientific voices. Unfortunately, like the media in much of the rest of the world, South Africa's media is not nearly welcoming enough to the skeptical and scientific views of the world. Luckily, we have great examples from the United States and elsewhere of how self-publication through blogs can affect public discourse, promoting science and acting as a counterweight to indifference, ignorance, and gullibility. However, unlike our comrades elsewhere, South African science bloggers are unconnected and not organized. I propose to change that...Read More
Really funny flash video depicting the end of the world as the result of a nucleur fall out.
For those of you who dont know, I am South African. Im a born and bred white native african, and damb proud of it. However, I will often use words that you may not understand, local slag u wont pick up on. Click on this link to learn a little more about South African slang, aka, Safrikan!
The entire catalogue of information from 1,800 courses at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be available free online by the end of the year. Once uploaded, it will represent one of the internet’s most important resources.
MsDewey.com
I never have never used a search engine this cheeky before :) Its great fun for about 10 minutes.
Seaward.co.za for South Africa`s best coastal real estate.
In what has to be classed as bizare, a clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps.
I came across this site by Anup Shah that has a detailed look into the causes of poverty. I found some of the statistics he shows to be very embarrassing and a shameful reflection on humanity today.
* Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.
* The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
* Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
* Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.
* 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).
Anup Shah shows us the institutions, policies and people behind many of today's causes of poverty.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp
Haha, these poor lil bunnies. A bunch of pictures of bunnies trying to come up with imaginitive ways to kill themselves.
The Public Library of Science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. A most excellent link for those of you wanting access to some amazing science.
A really nice Travian signature generator
Ever wondered how many babies are being pushed out every day, or how many people are dying every minute? Well this is the place for you then! This meter currently records those tpes of things, and with a population of 6.5 billion, there are lots of interesting stats for you to check out.
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