data breach

  1. Luis

    Takealot employee's "human error" leads to data leak of personal information

    Takealot employee's "human error" leads to data leak of personal information Employees of Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), the business-to-business fulfilment service of Takealot, accidentally exposed the personal data of delivery drivers and jobseekers. An individual with no relation to...
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  3. Luis

    Pick n Pay confirms data breach of Asap! app with customer data sold on dark web

    Pick n Pay confirms data breach of Asap! app with customer data sold on dark web A threat actor has claimed to have breached the databases of Pick n Pay's on-demand consumer goods delivery platform, Asap!, formerly known as Bottles. What is alleged to be private customer data has been up for...
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  4. Luis

    Information Regulator investigating ANC data breach

    Information Regulator investigating ANC data breach The Information Regulator of South Africa has written to the African National Congress (ANC) to ascertain whether it was recently breached and whether private data belonging to members was leaked. If the ANC did not adequately disclose a...
    • Luis
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    • african national congress anc data breach information regulator of south africa leak popia
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Luis

    Consumer Goods Council of South Africa denies data breach

    Consumer Goods Council of South Africa denies data breach Ransomware gang Stormous has claimed that it breached GS1 South Africa, also known as the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA). However, the company said the claim was false. Stormous said it stole a large amount of sensitive...
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  6. IridiuM

    Reduce PCI compliance scope for any business

    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...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nampak suffers data breach

    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.
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    CIPC records breached

    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...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Customer names and partial credit card details exposed in Western Digital hacking incident

    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...
  10. Jan

    Activision data breach reportedly includes salaries, but company maintains no sensitive data affected

    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...
  11. Jan

    Reddit breached, attackers make off with source code and documents

    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...
  12. Random3328

    Major DSTV security flaw

    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...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter facing investigation in Europe over data breach

    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...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Info of more than 77,000 Uber staff exposed in hack of third-party system — Bleeping Computer

    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...
  15. Jan

    LastPass suffers data breach - attacker used information from previous hack

    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...
  16. Jan

    Microsoft server configuration error leaks customer data

    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...
  17. Jan

    Aussie Feds arrest 19-year-old for allegedly SMS scamming people using leaked data

    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...
    • Jan
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    • australian federal police (afp) data breach optus phishing sms scam
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Uber probing suspected hack of internal systems

    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...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    TikTok reportedly breached

    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...
  20. Jan

    Vodacom discloses data breach at fibre reseller Real Promotions - including ID copies

    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...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. Rual dV

    Twitter admits data breach exposed 5.49 million accounts' personal info

    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...
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