V-Report
| Primary URL | Location | Industry | v-report[.]co[.]za |
Country
South Africa
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Profile
The organisation is known by the aliases V-Report and v-report.co.za. Its headquarters is located in South Africa. The source material does not specify the organisation's core products, services, scope, or markets served. No explicit information is provided about its size, reach, or notable footprint. Consequently, details regarding its organisational structure, ownership, or subsidiary relationships are not available from the given context.
A known security incident involving the organisation occurred on 11 February 2016. According to reports, Anonymous hackers breached a South African job portal associated with the organisation. The attackers exfiltrated data from the portal but chose to leak only government employee records. This selective disclosure was carried out as part of the #OpAfrica campaign targeting systemic issues such as child labor and corruption. The campaign aimed to highlight perceived institutional failures within public sector entities.
The breach exposed over 33,000 job seeker profiles, from which details of 54 officials across departments including Home Affairs, Justice, and the Presidency were published. The disclosed information comprised names, government email addresses, and national identification numbers. Subsequently, the attackers compromised another government system, leaking personal data of more than 1,500 employees. This second leak included names, email addresses, and hashed passwords. Throughout their actions, the hackers emphasized that their intent was to expose institutional shortcomings rather than to harm private citizens, as noted in the incident summary.
