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ANCYL site hacked again

Alex Kayle
By Alex Kayle, Senior portals journalist
Johannesburg, 26 Jul 2011

The ANC Youth League's (ANCYL's) Web site has been hacked yet again, following previous security breaches which took place earlier in the year.

The Web site was defaced twice yesterday, and following the second hack, the site was taken down temporarily.

The first hack yesterday posted a picture of controversial ANCYL president Julius Malema, with text stating: “Ha Ha Ha. I have a R16 million house and all of you don't!”

In the second Web site defacement, hackers posted a picture of Malema dressed as a monkey, sitting on the shoulders of South African president Jacob Zuma, with a headline reading “Dumb and Dumber”.

The Web site went live again this morning; however, ANCYL spokesman Floyd Shivambu could not be reached for comment by the time of publication.

In March, ITWeb reported the hacked Web site featured a message, allegedly written by Malema, stating: “After much thought I Julius Malema have decided to step down as Youth League president.

“I have brought my party into disrepute” and “I promote the singing racist songs [sic] to promote violence and unrest in the country,” stated the hacked site.

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