According to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, the matter was made known to relevant authorities

On Monday, the office of Communications and Digital Technologies Minister - Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams' said her WhatsApp account was hacked which means that confidential information are now in the hands of an unknown third party. The department of the minister delivered a statement and confirmed the breach. “The WhatsApp account of Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been hacked, resulting in private and confidential information being in the hands of a third party,” the department said in a tweet.
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The matter was made known to relevant authorities. “Obtaining and distributing information that is illegally obtained is a crime and offenders will be reported to legal authorities,” the statement read.