Data breach
Absa Bank data breach
In 2005, Absa Bank suffered a data breach affecting 73,303 records. Exposed data included names, surname, identity numbers and 9 other types of data.
Breach date
73 303
Records in the breach
12
Types of data exposed
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Data exposed in the Absa Bank breach
- Names
- Surname
- Identity Numbers
- Email Addresses
- Employment Information
- Company Registration
- Account Information
- Date of Birth
- Phone Numbers
- Spouse Information
- Income Information
- Gender
About the breach
During 2008 a database text file titled Absa Bank was sold in public, which contained 10 million customer records.
From the data, it would not appear as if there were any hacking, but the data was released from within the bank. A timestamp from the records appeared to be dated 3 September 2005.
Information from the database include employer information, phone numbers, company registration, deceased estates, date of birth, identity numbers, phone numbers, account information and more.
From the data, it would not appear as if there were any hacking, but the data was released from within the bank. A timestamp from the records appeared to be dated 3 September 2005.
Information from the database include employer information, phone numbers, company registration, deceased estates, date of birth, identity numbers, phone numbers, account information and more.
How to protect yourself
In order to protect yourself, we recommend the following:
1. Monitor your credit report for any suspicious activities. If you cannot do this yourself, make use of any service that does this on your behalf.
2. Be on the lookout for an increase in number of spam or scam calls and emails. We recommend you make use of Apps like True Caller, which can assist you in identifying any possible spam or scam calls.
1. Monitor your credit report for any suspicious activities. If you cannot do this yourself, make use of any service that does this on your behalf.
2. Be on the lookout for an increase in number of spam or scam calls and emails. We recommend you make use of Apps like True Caller, which can assist you in identifying any possible spam or scam calls.
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