The hack occurred on Sunday, June 2, 2024, X was duly notified, and the Department is taking steps to rectify the situation.
The SABC's IT team is working around the clock to restore Radio 2000's X account after it was hacked by unknown actors supporting US car and clean energy company Tesla.
“Radio 2000 management, the SABC IT team and the X Helpdesk are working around the clock to ensure this issue is resolved as quickly as possible and accounts are restored with minimal adverse impact,” acting group executive for corporate affairs and marketing Moni Seapolero said. Citizen.
The hack occurred on Sunday, June 2, 2024, and was duly notified to X, formally known as Twitter, which is currently taking steps to remedy the situation.
According to Cipolero, the station cannot publish commercial content or activities.
The network's last official tweet to its more than 200,000 followers was during Reggie Philander's show on Sunday morning. A carefree Sunday.
Love makes the world go round #Spread the word Love to the ones I love. 📲060 584 2250❤️❤️❤️❤️#EasySunday Reggie Philander pic.twitter.com/zE1YqCO9Js
— Radio 2000 (@Radio2000_ZA) June 2, 2024
Since then, there have been a slew of tweets linked to the Tesla brand, one of which was flagged as a scam by X Platform.
“We want to be clear that we have no business relationship with Tesla News,” reiterated the network's deputy group executive for corporate affairs and marketing.
Tesla designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles, home- to grid-scale stationary battery energy storage devices, solar panels, solar shingles, and related products and services.
It was founded by South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk.
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The popular social media platform now officially allows pornographic content on its platform, but says it blocks adult or violent posts for users under the age of 18 or those who have not given permission to view them.
The company announced new policies on Monday that formally dictate what can be viewed on the platform. The move isn't necessarily new, as X has not previously banned the posting of adult content on its platform.
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X is asking users who post adult content, including nudity or suggestive or explicit sexual acts, to adjust their media settings so that a content warning appears before the images or videos can be viewed.
Users under the age of 18, or who have not entered their date of birth in their profile, will not be able to view this content.
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