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Hi Guys I was recently involved with launching a credit card tokenization API, aimed at simplifying PCI compliance for any business. We provide a zero-knowledge, vendor neutral, PCI DSS level 1 compliant environment to store sensitive PII and credit card data - reducing PCI compliance scope to...

Nampak suffers data breach South African packaging giant Nampak suffered a data breach on its systems last week. In a statement on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, the company said it had detected “unauthorised activity” on its IT systems on Wednesday, 20 March 2024.

CIPC records breached The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has revealed it suffered a security breach leading to the compromise of its clients' and employees' personal information. The CIPC, which is part of the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition, put a notice...

Customer names and partial credit card details exposed in Western Digital hacking incident Western Digital Corp. said hackers got access to an internal database for its online store which contained personal information such as names, addresses and partial credit card details of customers. The...

Activision breach exposed game and employee data Activision suffered a data breach in December 2022 through an SMS phishing campaign that allowed attackers to access the company's internal systems, Bleeping Computer reports. While the company says the incident hasn't compromised any game...

Reddit breach — attackers steal source code and internal documents Reddit was the victim of a cyberattack on Sunday, 5 February 2023, allowing attackers to infiltrate internal systems and steal documents and source code. The hackers gained access to Reddit's systems through a targeted phishing...

Hey all I raised this to DSTV support last year and they haven't done anything, I was more asked why I did such a thing in the first place. People who have DSTV accounts outside of South Africa, can technically access another person's account in SA, just by simply logging in with their connect...

Twitter facing investigation in Europe over data breach Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc. risks massive fines after its top privacy regulator in the European Union opened a probe into reports of a suspected data breach that compromised the personal details of 5.4 million users last year. Ireland’s Data...

Info of more than 77,000 Uber staff exposed in hack of third-party system — Bleeping Computer Uber Technologies Inc. said it’s investigating the hack of a third-party vendor that reportedly resulted in the leak of data from the ride-hailing company, including employee email addresses. The...

World's biggest password manager suffers data breach Password manager LastPass has suffered another data breach where an unauthorised party gained access to customer information, the company revealed in a blog post. LastPass says it detected unusual activity on a third-party cloud storage...

Microsoft server configuration error exposes customer names, emails, and phone numbers Microsoft has confirmed that some of its customers' personal information has been exposed by an unintentionally misconfigured server that allowed unauthenticated access to business transaction data. The tech...

Australian cops arrest 19-year-old for allegedly using leaked data in SMS scam Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested a 19-year-old Sydney resident who allegedly tried to use data leaked in an Optus breach to scam victims, The Hacker News reports. It is alleged that the teen sent out...

Uber probing suspected hack of internal systems Uber Technologies Inc. has shut down internal Slack messaging as it investigates a cybersecurity breach by a hacker claiming to have accessed the company’s data. Employees on Thursday received a Slack message from an unknown person claiming “I am...

TikTok reportedly breached TikTok, the short-video sensation that’s among the world’s most downloaded apps, is coming under increased scrutiny about its data security as it guards the personal information of over a billion users. On Monday, several cybersecurity analysts tweeted about the...

ID documents and contact details exposed in Vodacom fibre reseller data breach Vodacom has warned customers who took up Vodacom Fibre subscriptions through marketing agency Real Promotions that a data breach has compromised their personal data. In an email sent to affected customers on...

Twitter security flaw exposes personal data of 5.49 million accounts Twitter has confirmed that users’ details were exposed in a data breach that exploited a bug the company fixed at the beginning of the year. The social network said there was no evidence at the time that an attacker had used...

While minor, it seems no one is aware of this - just a silently posted pdf on their website. tl:dr 3 peoples info was given to someone pretending to be a SANBS staffer. SANBS wishes to inform you that we experienced a data breach on 19 July 2022 and, accordingly, this notice serves as...

US court system suffered big hack in 2020 Three hostile foreign actors breached the federal courts document management system via “an incredibly significant and sophisticated” cyberattack more than 18 months ago, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said on Thursday. Representative...

Shoprite customer data is being auctioned on the dark web Customer data stolen from Africa’s largest supermarket chain is being auctioned by dark web extortion market RansomHouse, with bidding open at 20 bitcoin (R6.7 million). Shoprite fell victim to the cyber extortion gang earlier this...

Dis-Chem data breach — 3.7 million client records exposed Dis-Chem Pharmacies has revealed that nearly 3.7 million of its clients' records were compromised during an incident involving a third-party service provider. The pharmacy group explained that it had a contract with the third-party...