Online Version

Facebook Feed

  • VACANCIES: BR PropertiesMay 17, 2022
    INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY Finance and Administration Closing date: 18th May 2022.
  • BANANA CLUB HOSTS FIRST MAUN EDITIONMay 17, 2022
    The artist-led collective, Banana Emoji Productions in collaboration with the European Union Delegation in Botswana hosted the beloved BANANA CLUB dialogues in Maun on the 14th of May 2022.  The multi-disciplinary creative group is committed to working with artists […]
  • Orange Botswana CEO among Africa’s most inspirational women in leadershipMay 12, 2022
    – Declares House of Rose House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd (HORP) has announced its 2022 List of Africa’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership. The list included over 100 inspirational leaders and was curated by House of Rose Professional […]
  • Unions ‘consider’ a Workers PartyMay 12, 2022
    Masisi snubbed trade unions on Workers Day, chose Khawa BOFEPUSU warn Masisi that Khawa could cost him elections Opposition will be top beneficiary of a Workers Party -Analyst BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw Aggrieved trade union federation, Botswana Federation of Public, […]
  • Munyadzwe breeds, commercialises phane wormMay 12, 2022
    “We have had clients from as far as England, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana and they really like the phane worms. People are talking about snack protein, and we are part of that revolution, food security, healthy sources of protein, going […]
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact Us
  • Login
  • Register
Sunday, May 22, 2022
17 °c
Gaborone
21 ° Tue
22 ° Wed
24 ° Thu
26 ° Fri
The Patriot On Sunday
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders
No Result
View All Result
Cart / $0.00

No products in the cart.

  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders
No Result
View All Result
The Patriot On Sunday
No Result
View All Result
Home News

State Secrets compromised

patriot by patriot
March 17, 2021
in News
0
State Secrets compromised

Magosi

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
ShareShareShare

Israelis infiltrate Government network systems -claim

Radio Botswana hard hit ; ‘There were some technical glitches’

PHILLIMON MMESO

editors@thepatriot.co.bw 

President Mokgweetsi Masisi has declined to be drawn into discussing the status of his security on the backdrop of continuous leaking of classified information from sensitive state organs, which threaten to compromise national security.

Speaking through the Press Secretary to the President, Batlhalefi Leagajang, he said relevant institutions are best placed to respond to the issues surrounding the leaked audio tapes of meetings between state security agencies.“The institutions mandated with the security of the country are best placed to comment on the issue,” said Leagajang in a brief response to a questionnaire from The Patriot on Sunday.

The latest leaks of high profile meetings discussing the case of embattled spy Wilhelmina ‘Butterfly’ Maswabi is a small matter as government is now faced with serious issues of compromised networks especially in key government departments and ministries. Key government networks are said to have been compromised as  classified information continues to be leaked to the public thus compromising national security.

Impeccable sources told The Patriot on Sunday that the state broadcaster, Radio Botswana was recently hard hit when their radio signal was intercepted and hacked by unknown characters leading to the radio station broadcasting of old news. Their live reading of news was also blocked by the hackers who infiltrated the state systems.

Radio Botswana has been experiencing a lot of technical glitches lately regarding their news reels and have launched an investigation using experts on radio production to determine how the security of the system could have been breached. The intrusions are said to have been going on for several months with some emails between senior governments officials ending in the wrong destinations and eventually in the public domain.

Deputy Permanent Secretary – Information and Broadcasting in the Ministry for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration Oshinka Tsiang declined to comment on the issue referring any enquiries on the matter to his superior at the Office of the President, Permanent Secretary Andrew Sesinyi. Sesinyi could not be reached at the time of going to print.

Sources at Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS) have blamed the intrusion on failure by their organization in renewing license for some of the software they are using.  “The other challenge is that IT guys who were trained on the systems have been deployed to other department as they felt that  they were  loyal to the former administration and now the current IT guys  are battling to understand the system,” revealed the source, adding that the hackers broke into the periodic automatic updates of the software of government networks and have gained control over the systems including emails.

“Our security system was installed by companies from Israel and now since most of the license have not been renewed, the hackers have inserted their code into periodic updates of software used to manage networks and they are in control of the whole government system,” he revealed.

There is concern within Botswana security agencies, especially those dealing with networks, that the intrusion might lead to government losing some material as the attacks had been underway as early as 2019 and they were undetected for a long time.

Reacting to recordings leaked through social media during the week, exposing discussions of high profile government matters  like the the Butterfly case which involved agents of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS), the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), the latter said in a statement;“It is unfortunate and regrettable that the deliberations of such a classified operational meeting, was during the conduct of an official government business secretly recorded in this fashion and leaked to the general public and by extension, potentially to the whole world, at a time when a country is dealing with a sensitive serious national issues, among others, in the anti-money laundering, Counter Financing Terrorism and Proliferation financing space”.

Related

Tags: Mokgweetsi Masisi

Get real time update about this post categories directly on your device, subscribe now.

Unsubscribe
  • VACANCIES: BR PropertiesMay 17, 2022
    INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY Finance and Administration Closing date: 18th May 2022.
  • BANANA CLUB HOSTS FIRST MAUN EDITIONMay 17, 2022
    The artist-led collective, Banana Emoji Productions in collaboration with the European Union Delegation in Botswana hosted the beloved BANANA CLUB dialogues in Maun on the 14th of May 2022.  The multi-disciplinary creative group is committed to working with artists […]
  • Orange Botswana CEO among Africa’s most inspirational women in leadershipMay 12, 2022
    – Declares House of Rose House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd (HORP) has announced its 2022 List of Africa’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership. The list included over 100 inspirational leaders and was curated by House of Rose Professional […]
  • Unions ‘consider’ a Workers PartyMay 12, 2022
    Masisi snubbed trade unions on Workers Day, chose Khawa BOFEPUSU warn Masisi that Khawa could cost him elections Opposition will be top beneficiary of a Workers Party -Analyst BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw Aggrieved trade union federation, Botswana Federation of Public, […]
  • Munyadzwe breeds, commercialises phane wormMay 12, 2022
    “We have had clients from as far as England, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana and they really like the phane worms. People are talking about snack protein, and we are part of that revolution, food security, healthy sources of protein, going […]
The Patriot On Sunday

© 2022 Copyright The Patriot On Sunday - Inspired by Search Mart.

Navigate Site

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Analysis & Opinions
  • Vacancies & Tenders

© 2022 Copyright The Patriot On Sunday - Inspired by Search Mart.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?