According to reports by a South African Tech website, an unknown group of hackers have publicly published substantial part of South African Press Association’s (Sapa) archive. The archive of the now defunct institution(Sapa) was sold in March to Sekunjalo Investment Holdings, a privately owned company.
The group’s action we understand is a violation of the copyright of the current owner, a stance the group has countered insisting that the Sapa’s file is a public property which no private organization owns. The files reportedly includes information that dates back to 1998.
The hackers informed through an email they sent to TechCentral that the already release files are only a part of what they plan to release to the public. The incident has unsettled the new owners who had earlier made a threat against any public release of the archive.
Email the hackers sent reads: “We are simply concerned citizens who believe strongly in a free press and free (as in libre) data.” It said it has made 1,9m articles available and hopes to complete the
archive soon. “We believe that the Sapa archive represents an invaluable South African historical asset that should not be controlled by one private company. Controlling such an asset could allow the
owner to literally rewrite South Africa’s history, or simply bury it.”
The SapaFiles are currently available only through the Tor Web browser at http://ladhzzr73kxkifxg.onion/. Tor allows for only anonymous communication.
The SapaFiles are currently available only through the Tor Web browser at http://ladhzzr73kxkifxg.onion/. Tor allows for only anonymous communication.
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