Claim Expert Data Breach Exposes Customer Information on Dark Web

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Claim Expert Data Breach Exposes Customer Information on Dark Web
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A data breach at Claim Expert, a South African company, has exposed the personal information of over 100,000 individuals, including names, ID numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. The data was initially leaked in July 2024 but recently resurfaced on the dark web, prompting warnings from cybersecurity experts.

Word of a potential breach began circulating online after a ransomware gang called Bashe posted on its data leak site on the dark web that it planned to dump a database with 105,383 lines belonging to Pick n Pay.However, when the clock ran out and Bashe released the data, it turned out that the database belonged to Claim Expert, not Pick n Pay., Bashe is a ransomware group that was first identified in April 2024 and was formerly known as Eraleig and APT73.

Claim Expert said it reported the incident to the Information Regulator and is cooperating with authorities. It is unclear whether Claim Expert has alerted customers about the fact that their data has been further exposed on the dark web. Customers could also get a Protective Registration from the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service.

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