Sa biggest data leak
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Manie van Schalkwyk, the executive director at the SA Fraud Prevention Service, says South Africans should use caution when sharing personal information.
About 27 gigabytes of data containing personal information of South Africans have been uploaded onto an insecure server.
Two Gauteng companies have accused each other of being responsible for the leak of an estimated 33 million South Africans’ personal records.
Independent marketing consultant Andrew Fraser cannot say how long this information has been out there for but it could have been years and says the data looks like it was collected by the credit bureau.
Australian security developer Troy Hunt says the 23 gigabytes of data contains significant details, including the ID numbers of 33 million South Africans.
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The personal records of as many as 33 million South Africans have been leaked onto the internet.