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‘You didn’t need to bypass any access controls’: Gauteng eGov weighs charges over e-panic button flaw

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‘You didn’t need to bypass any access controls’: Gauteng eGov weighs charges over e-panic button flaw
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The Gauteng eGovernment department is waiting for the outcome of an investigation before deciding whether to pursue criminal charges against a student who exposed a flaw in the department’s e-panic button.



Joel Cedras, in September, revealed that while conducting a static analysis of the provincial government’s safety and security app, he was easily able to access the private information of users registered on the app.



To reassure the public that the Gauteng e-panic button rema

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