Credit bureau TransUnion SA has confirmed that at least three million consumers are affected by a data breach orchestrated by a “criminal third party” which gained access to a server “through misuse of an authorised client’s credentials”.
“At this time TransUnion SA can confirm at least three million impacted consumers. We have identified an additional six million ID numbers where there is no personal information linked to the ID numbers that would enable us to identify the impacted consumers or to communicate with them directly at this stage.
“Based on our investigation to date, fields of information that may be affected include name, ID number, date of birth, gender, contact details, marital status and information, identity of employer and duration of employment, vehicle finance contract number, and VIN numbers. In isolated circumstances, spouse information, passport numbers, credit or insurance scores may be impacted. Each data subject may have a combination of different fields impacted, depending on what data was available.
TransUnion said it had provided a notification and answers to frequently asked questions on its website to assist consumers.“TransUnion SA is providing information on how affected individuals can protect themselves, including a free annual subscription to TransUnion’s tools to detect identity-related threats, as well as free access to their credit report and alerts up to December 31 2023.”
A breach of credit bureau Experian in 2020 exposed the personal information of as many as 24 million South Africans and 793,749 business entities to a suspected fraudster, and, according to the SA Fraud Prevention Service , led to a huge spike in impersonation fraud.
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