HACKING INTO LABOUR MINISTRY’S INFORMATION SYSTEM WORK OF AN INSIDER

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In Kampala——-
The recent hacking into the External Labour Information Management System at the Ministry of Labour was the work of an insider who intruded into the system to steal sensitive external recruitment information and documents, sources familiar with the operations told www.mknewslink.com .
Inside sources said an employee of the ministry in the IT section (names withheld) hacked into the system in collusion with unscrupulous labour recruitment agencies to get undue clearances for their domestic workers.
Sources said that the hackers took valuable information about export labour recruitments and a number of other sensitive documents from the site
The ministrys online system to vet labour export companies, confirm availability of jobs and counter human trafficking crashed mysteriously.
The automated system; The External Employment Management Information System, is a component of a broader labour management information system and labour market information analysis system developed by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development recently.
The system was installed after complaints of mistreatment of Ugandan labourers working in Arab countries.
Government strengthened the collection, management and analysis of labour migration data, including information on labour demand and supply. Each registered company is given an account with password to log in and place the necessary requests..
One source familiar with the system said the hacker is known to the ministry. They have even identified him with the names, but they are refusing to act on him.

Our sources said after the hacking debacle, the Saudi Arabia government informed the Ministry of Gender and Labour about the incident and said it was an inside scheme.
The sources said the Saudi officials identified the hacker as a staff of the ministry and offered to fix the problem, but the Labour ministry rejected the offer.
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Sources said the hacking was done in connivance between the security and immigration officials at Entebbe airport.
However Mr David Mugisha, the commissioner for labour at the ministry, insisted the system just crashed and denied it was hacked into.
I dont know where you got that information of the hacking from. You can quote your own sources, but I am telling you the site only crashed, Mr Mugisha said

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