{"id":99778,"date":"2016-07-26T09:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T07:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=99778"},"modified":"2016-07-26T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T07:06:42","slug":"which-south-african-company-will-anonymous-hack-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/99778-which-south-african-company-will-anonymous-hack-next","title":{"rendered":"Which South African company will Anonymous hack next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expect more cyber attacks on South African companies as the Anonymous movement gains more and more traction in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to an email correspondence between the Hacktivist group Anonymous Africa and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fin24.com\/Tech\/Cyber-Security\/expect-more-hack-attacks-in-sa-anonymous-20160725\" target=\"_blank\">Fin24,<\/a><\/strong> who says it has &#8220;it has inspired others to launch cyber attacks for political purposes in South Africa and across the region&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be a lot more attacks coming and not from us, we have started traction, just like we were inspired by the work of The Jester, hopefully others will follow our example,\u201d said Anonymous Africa in an email to Fin24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as the rule of law is not complied to from the top, don\u2019t expect those at the bottom to comply,\u201d Anonymous Africa said.<\/p>\n<p>They aren&#8217;t the only group working in the country however, as a separate group of Anonymous hackers using the #OpAfrica flag leaked data belonging to South African arms supplier Armscor.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Who do you think will be next in the line of fire? Let us know in the comments below and in our forums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How much RAM really costs in South Africa and where to buy it\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/99004-how-much-ram-really-costs-in-south-africa-and-where-to-buy-it.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How much RAM really costs in South Africa and where to buy it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 ultra-rare and powerful Pokemon you can catch in Pokemon GO\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/99014-5-ultra-rare-and-powerful-pokemon-you-can-catch-in-pokemon-go.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 ultra-rare and powerful Pokemon you can catch in Pokemon GO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Best games you can play this week \u2013 hackers and heads\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/99658-best-games-you-can-play-this-week-hackers-and-heads.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Best games you can play this week \u2013 hackers and heads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anonymous attacks in South Africa are only just starting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":99780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20],"tags":[31,195,197,20726,2163],"class_list":["post-99778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-features","tag-active","tag-anonymous","tag-hack","tag-hacktivist","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99792,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99778\/revisions\/99792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}