// INCIDENT · 2020-08 · PENDING REVIEW

Experian (South Africa).

Data breach. Data classes exposed: Email addresses, Employers, Government issued IDs, Names, Occupations, Phone numbers. Source: haveibeenpwned.com.

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Date2020-08
Sectorpending review
TypeData breach
Records1,284,637 accounts (HIBP)
Attackersee HIBP writeup
StatusCONFIRMED (HIBP)

How the attack happened.

In August 2020, Experian South Africa suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of tens of millions of individuals. Only 1.3M of the records contained email addresses, whilst most contained government issued identity numbers, names, addresses, occupations and employers, amongst other person information.

Impact.

Data classes exposed: Email addresses, Employers, Government issued IDs, Names, Occupations, Phone numbers. Source: haveibeenpwned.com.

Primary sources.

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