{"id":19380,"date":"2026-03-30T10:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19380"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:05:30","slug":"stats-sa-responds-to-cybersecurity-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19380","title":{"rendered":"Stats SA responds to Cybersecurity breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MEDIA STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29 March 2026<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stats SA responds to Cybersecurity breach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stats SA is aware of a cybersecurity breach affecting one Human Resources database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system that was breached is exclusively the HR system available for job seekers to apply online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national statistics office is part of a wider government response to matters dealing with cybersecurity breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stats SA will notify the information regulator and will be guided by their processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For enquires contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Semakaleng Thulare, Acting DDG Statistical Support and Informatics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell: 071&nbsp;413 2143<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: SemakalengT@statssa.gov.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA STATEMENT 29 March 2026 Stats SA responds to Cybersecurity breach Stats SA is aware of a cybersecurity breach affecting one Human Resources database. The system that was breached is exclusively the HR system available for job seekers to apply online. The national statistics office is part of a wider government response to matters dealing&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19380\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19381,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380\/revisions\/19381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}