Ronwen Williams and Nyiko Mobbie Become the Latest South African Sports Stars to Be Hacked Like Rassie Erasmus

• Hackers have struck again, targeting more prominent South African sports figures on mobile platforms
• This time, it was Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Ronwen Williams and national squad teammate Nyiko Mobbie who were affected
• Last week, Rugby World Cup-winning former Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus' Twitter account was hacked, with explicit content tweeted from it

It appears hackers have turned their attention to potentially vulnerable prominent South African sports figures on Twitter.

Bafana Bafana goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams and national squad teammate Ronwen Williams were the latest victims to be targeted. This was after the same thing happened to Rugby World Cup-winning former Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus.

Football news publication FARPost tweeted:

"BE ALERT!!! Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams and defender Nyiko Mobbie have had their phones hacked while in Morocco on national duty and the hackers are using them to solicit money. The public is warned not to entertain them."

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While out on international duty in Morocco, where the squad will take on the Atlas Lions Williams tweeted to his mobile service provider MTN:

"@MTNza good evening, my cellphone number and WhatsApp has been hacked, is it possible that you can block it, as I am currently out of the country."

The Citizen reported that Rassie Erasmus Twitter account was hacked, with the hackers tweeting out adult content from it. After it was suspended for a few days, the social media got back control from the hackers, before handing it over the account to Erasmus.

SARU Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus apologises for explicit tweet after hackers access his Twitter account

South Africa’s World Cup-winning coach and director of rugby Rassie Erasmus said his Twitter account was hacked after an explicit adult clip was retweeted from his account on Friday night.

As reported on Sports Brief, Erasmus apologised to his followers shortly before 6am on Saturday morning after being made aware of the tweet.

A few hours later, Erasmus took to Twitter again, saying the “hackers still seem to have the retweet from earlier appearing in some places although it has been deleted on my side and reported”.