Eskom continues to strengthen security systems and oversight of its online vending system [SOUND]

# Eskom says it continues to take decisive action following the disclosure in its full-year 2024 financial results of a forensic report detailing the breach of its Online Vending System. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says the system was exploited to generate and distribute fraudulent prepaid electricity tokens, revealing critical vulnerabilities in both the physical and cybersecurity components of the utility’s prepaid electricity infrastructure. She says they uncovered weaknesses in physical and cybersecurity components: