Gauteng eGov considers legal action against student over security flaw disclosure

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Gauteng’s eGovernment department initiated an investigation into 20-year-old student Joel Cedras following his disclosure of security vulnerabilities in a provincial crime-reporting app. Cedras discovered that the data of 288,000 users—including ID numbers, addresses, and license plates—was accessible without bypassing access controls, and he notified the…

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