South African Presidency website taken offline as global cybersecurity threats persist
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The official website of South Africa’s Presidency has been temporarily taken offline as a precautionary measure amid a global cybersecurity threat affecting internet servers running vulnerable versions of the PHP programming language.
The Presidency announced the shutdown on Friday, October 23, 2026, saying the website would remain unavailable while protective measures were put in place.
It did not disclose the exact nature of the threat or give a timeline for restoring the site.
