At least 3 million TransUnion clients are affected by the N4ughtySec data breach. Here is how you can protect yourself after the hackers leaked the data.
, including South African consumers and non-South African residents who have transacted in the country.“We continue to work diligently to determine whether these ID numbers can be linked to other personal information to identify any additional impacted consumers,” TransUnion stated.
It added that spouse information, passport numbers, credit, or insurance scores might have been impacted in isolated instances.“As is common with criminal attacks of this nature, it is not always possible to identify who is responsible for this malicious conduct. ”
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