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This week the Information Regulator dropped a bombshell about the personal information of 25-million South Africans which credit bureauunwittingly handed to a fraudster last year. That database was recently put on Telegram, where it was downloaded more than 100 times before Telegram removed the page with the link to the database.
The data includes phone numbers, e-mail and physical addresses and employment data, but apparently no personal consumer credit, financial or banking information. But that didn’t stop fraudsters from committing widespread identity theft and opening accounts with retailers such as HomeChoice.
According to Experian, the identity of the person who illegally disclosed the personal information of data subjects without their consent is unknown.
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