The tsunami of data breaches and leaks in South Africa has left consumers vulnerable to phishing and social engineering attacks.
Another 6 million ID numbers were exposed that had no personal information linked.
The credit bureau denied the hacking group’s claims that it had obtained data on 54 million South Africans from its systems. It said the attackers had obtained that data from an earlier leak. In addition to a Home Affairs database of 54 million ID numbers and address data, N4ughtySecTU said it hadThese include major banks, insurance companies, and medical aids.Information regulator chair Advocate Pansy Tlakula told Rapport that they don’t have jurisdiction to investigate how stolen data is misused.
Tlakula explained their investigations were limited to finding out whether sufficient security measures were in place to protect data and if data was leaked due to negligence.due to a ransomware attack on a third-party service provider. The breach contained first and surnames, e-mail addresses, and cellphone numbers according to Dis-Chem.
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