Experian (South Africa) data breach: 1.3M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-09-01
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. Exposed data: email addresses, employers, government issued ids, names, occupations, phone numbers. The breach dates from Aug 19, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 1, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Experian (South Africa) account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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