Have you been the victim of a cybersecurity breach in 2025?

[Bradley Prior]

Have you been the victim of a cybersecurity breach in 2025?

 

[IamNoone]

No, but not like they tried. Switched my home network access to go through a Cloudflare Tunnel and Zero trust with only 2 email addresses authorized to receive OTP's to log in on level one before having to log into the app on level 2.

 

[Athos]

Personally no but my company got wrecked in a cyber attack. Lost a week of productivity for the entire company while they tried to recover their IT systems.

 

[Moereloos]

My company was attacked on 3 May. We are still busy recovering

 

[SS seadimo]

I always pray not to be a victim of something that is against the law

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Other: define victim?

in 2025 I've been one of millions of users who had their accounts compromised on Coinbase, but I don't keep any funds on Coinbase so there is no risk of losing anything other than my digital privacy

is that victim enough to vote yes?

 

[Napalm2880]

I work for a cybersecurity company so thankfully not.

 

[Napalm2880]

Other: define victim?

in 2025 I've been one of millions of users who had their accounts compromised on Coinbase, but I don't keep any funds on Coinbase so there is no risk of losing anything other than my digital privacy

is that victim enough to vote yes?

I would say that qualifies as a yes.

 

[Roo!]

I suspect so, my debit card was used fraudulently two weeks ago. Thing is, other than activating the card at the ATM over six months ago, it has never been used. I simply don't transact with it or withdraw cash at the ATM. So the only place this card's details could have come from is from the bank itself but of course I received no notification from the bank that my details were compromised.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

I suspect so, my debit card was used fraudulently two weeks ago. Thing is, other than activating the card at the ATM over six months ago, it has never been used. I simply don't transact with it or withdraw cash at the ATM. So the only place this card's details could have come from is from the bank itself but of course I received no notification from the bank that my details were compromised.

I'd suspect the bank as well, but there is a slight chance that one time you stuck it in an ATM there was a skimming device in the ATM's card slot

 

[cena]

Have you been the victim of a cybersecurity breach in 2025?

Yes with Adidas

 

[dontcryforme]

I am going to say something I probably shouldn't, I have used leaked information twice now to secure our system against idiotic competitors thinking that using their personal email to signup would not get them detected and then matching that to leaked info. It amazes me how much data of some software development managers at some of the top companies is leaked and how that can be matched to leaked data of their colleagues - like them using the same music services.

 

[dontcryforme]

I am going to say something I probably shouldn't, I have used leaked information twice now to secure our system against idiotic competitors thinking that using their personal email to signup would not get them detected and then matching that to leaked info. It amazes me how much data of some software development managers at some of the top companies is leaked and how that can be matched to leaked data of their colleagues - like them using the same music services.

Typing out the above made me realise that software development managers would probably be the most targeted, so thats maybe why

 

[dontcryforme]

I would say that qualifies as a yes.

Would it qualify if important government files were uploaded to their servers and downloadable through direct URL tries before intended public release? Then SARS should vote yes

 

[dontcryforme]

Would it qualify if important government files were uploaded to their servers and downloadable through direct URL tries before intended public release? Then SARS should vote yes

This makes me think of V for Vendetta where the investigators say that the only reliable information of a government is their tax records.

 

[compu]

Yup with Hollywood bets and OWNPAY. Had my hollywoodbets account hacked into and the guys just used ownpay to deposit funds into my account...mind you since it's linked to my bankn account there is no authorization needed. R8K gone. Fnb can't do much and I am still waiting for Hollywood to refund me. The best part, the next morning my Hollywood bets account shows as " client is no longer active "

 

[Roo!]

I'd suspect the bank as well, but there is a slight chance that one time you stuck it in an ATM there was a skimming device in the ATM's card slot

I would normally think this too, but this time it was an ATM inside a petrol station within our estate and it's highly secured. No chance of a skimmer attached to that ATM.