Data breach
Experian: No consumer credit info obtained after major data breach
This comes after reports that the personal data of 24 million South Africans were compromised and almost 800,000 businesses exposed.
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Do you think you were affected by Experian data breach? Here’s what to do
On Wednesday, information belonging to millions of South Africans and nearly 800,000 businesses was handed over to an alleged fraudster by the firm in a massive data breach.
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Experian: Fraudster behind data breach has been identified, stolen data deleted
The South African Banking Risk Information Centre said personal data from some 24 million South Africans and almost 800,000 businesses had been exposed.
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SA fraudster tricks credit bureau Experian into handing over data
Experian said it had notified the relevant authorities and engaged with industry bodies over the incident, though it added 'no consumer credit or consumer financial information was obtained'.
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'Millions' of South Africans' personal info exposed in credit bureau data breach
Experian SA CEO Ferdie Pieterse maintains numbers not as high as Sabric reported. Bruce Whitfield grills him for an explanation.
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Nedbank warns clients of potential impact in security breach
The bank said it investigated a security issue that occurred at the premises of a service provider called Computer Facilities.
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SA's cyber laws lagging behind, leaving public vulnerable - says expert
Privacy law specialist Rohan Isaacs said that South Africa was lagging behind in its protection of personal information laws, leaving the public vulnerable to internet scams.
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Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing
Facebook users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to its single sign-on tool, even though it protected its employees, a court filing on Thursday showed.
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Capital One says info of over 100 million individuals in US, Canada hacked
A representative for the US Attorney’s office said it was not immediately clear what the suspect’s motive was.
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EXCLUSIVE: National Health Lab Services is sharing patient records
Eyewitness News understands that the details are contained in a legal opinion obtained by the National Health Laboratory Services' legal services manager in July last year, but the sharing of records with NGOs has not stopped.
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Facebook says no sign recent hack spread to other apps
Facebook engineers analysed logs of outside applications and found no sign of trouble, according to product management vice president Guy Rosen.
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British Airways website suffers data breach; 380,000 payments affected
IAG said the data breach had been resolved and the website was working normally, and that no travel or passport details were stolen.
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[LISTEN] What you need to know about sextortion
Talk Radio 702’s Bongani Bingwa spoke to Mike Bolhuis, a specialist private investigator, about sextortion.
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Probe continues into Liberty data breach
It emerged in June that the company had suffered unauthorised and illegal access to its IT infrastructure, which related mostly to email and attachments.
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[OPINION] We don’t own data - which is why we find it harder to protect
The privacy paradox exists because personal data are possessions that are hard to own and protect.
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Information Regulator ‘satisfied’ with Liberty’s handling of data breach
The regulator says recent data breach incidents have highlighted the importance of understanding cybercrime and the protection of personal information.
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Tesla accuses former employee of hacking and transferring data
Earlier this week, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk told employees in an email that an unnamed Tesla employee had conducted “extensive and damaging sabotage” to the company’s operations.
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Liberty encourages clients not to fall prey to phishing scams
The company has urged its clients to be vigilant following the theft of 40 terabytes of emails and related attachments last week.
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SA tech expert urges companies to protect consumer data
Insurer Liberty fell victim to a cyber attack last week but insists customers have not been affected
