Episode

Are hackers holding our local government to ransom?

Podcast: Daily Maverick
Published: May 14, 2026
Duration seconds: 341
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Summary

South African municipalities are sitting on goldmines of your personal data — ID numbers, addresses, billing details — and they are catastrophically unprepared to protect it. No skills, ancient tech, and bureaucratic red tape have left our local governments wide open to ransomware gangs and phishing attacks. And the thieves? They’re already inside the house. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters explains.