The South African arm of one of the world’s largest credit check companies Experian announced a data breach incident yesterday. The breach exposed personal information of 24 million South Africans and 793,749 business entities. Experian South Africa has already reported the breach to law enforcement and the appropriate regulatory authorities. The company claims the suspect had intended to use the stolen data to create marketing leads to offer insurance and credit-related services. The suspect’s hardware was impounded and the misappropriated data was secured and deleted.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2020/08/experian-data-breach-attack.html