{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Maverick","slug":"daily-maverick-7095670","podcast_index_feed_id":7095670,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/v9bQiEYF","website_url":"https://dailymaverick.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3bec838f-f991-4931-b05e-5de58c21103e/e9da61b8-6a21-4980-9681-d37797013724/3000x3000/podcast-20tile-20-20daily-20maverick-20v4.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Daily Maverick","episode_count":89,"summary":"Know more. Know better.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T04:20:52.396142+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670"},"episode":{"title":"Are hackers holding our local government to ransom?","slug":"are-hackers-holding-our-local-government-to-ransom","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:25:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670/are-hackers-holding-our-local-government-to-ransom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670","url":"https://dailymaverick.simplecast.com/episodes/are-hackers-holding-our-local-government-to-ransom-izwGMV4T","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/c001af6d-0aa9-4451-ac6a-f1c4cf6202e2/episodes/87ce5f22-2d65-4eaf-a27d-394ae9a53a0b/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c001af6d-0aa9-4451-ac6a-f1c4cf6202e2&awEpisodeId=87ce5f22-2d65-4eaf-a27d-394ae9a53a0b&feed=v9bQiEYF","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.","meta_description":"South African municipalities are sitting on goldmines of your personal data — ID numbers, addresses, billing details — and they are catastrophically unpre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":341,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-maverick-7095670/episodes/are-hackers-holding-our-local-government-to-ransom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-maverick-7095670/are-hackers-holding-our-local-government-to-ransom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}