JD Group data breach: 521K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-06-05
In May 2023, the South African retailer JD Group announced a data breach affecting a number of their online assets including Bradlows, Everyshop, HiFi Corp, Incredible (Connection), Rochester, Russells, and Sleepmasters. The breach exposed over 520k unique customer records including names, email and physical addresses, phone numbers and South African ID numbers. Exposed data: email addresses, government issued ids, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from May 31, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 5, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a JD Group 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.
Sources
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