// INCIDENT · 2018-05 · PENDING REVIEW

ViewFines.

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

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Date2018-05
Sectorpending review
TypeData breach
Records777,649 accounts (HIBP)
Attackersee HIBP writeup
StatusCONFIRMED (HIBP)

How the attack happened.

In May 2018, the South African website for viewing traffic fines online known as ViewFines suffered a data breach. Over 934k records containing 778k unique email addresses were exposed and included names, phone numbers, government issued IDs and passwords stored in plain text.

Impact.

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

Primary sources.

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