Times Of Swaziland: EPTC MANAGER SUSPENDED AMID SOCIAL MEDIA HACKING PROBE

EPTC MANAGER SUSPENDED AMID SOCIAL MEDIA HACKING PROBE
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Nonduduzo Kunene on 23/11/2023 16:13:00


MBABANE –Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC) has
suspended one of its senior managers pending an investigation after the
company’s social media pages were allegedly hacked.
It is reported that the corporation served the manager with the letter of
suspension on Tuesday afternoon, citing the probe into the hacking of the social
media accounts as the reason for her suspension. It was gathered that the social
media pages of the company were allegedly hacked when it (company) was in the
process of including more administrators onto its pages, which included  a
newly-recruited manager in the company. The extent to which the incident
affected the company, if at all, could not be verified. It was gathered that the
process to add another administrator to the pages was conducted by the
Information and Technology (IT) Department. It is reported that the suspension
of the manager came as a surprise to some employees.
Questions
When the suspended manager was contacted regarding the matter, she referred
questions to the head of department. In fact, when a phone call was made to her,
as this reporter was introducing herself, the manager stated that she was not at
work and any questions should be directed to Corporate Affairs Manager Bongani
Mtshali and dropped the call. The company Managing Director (MD) Themba Khumalo
was also reached for comment and he expressed bewilderment on how such
information had reached the media. He however, said he was not the right person
to comment on the matter and also referred questions in relation to the
suspension, among others to Mtshali as well. Mtshaligave a brief response and
said, “Our view is that matters between an employer and employee are internal
and confidential and not suited for public discourse,” he said.