JOHANNESBURG - The South African arm of credit bureau Experian is investigating a data breach that saw it hand over information to a suspected fraudster, it said on Wednesday, adding the suspect had already been identified and the data deleted.
It said it had notified the relevant authorities and engaged with industry bodies over the incident, though it added “no consumer credit or consumer financial information was obtained”. “Our investigations do not indicate that any misappropriated data has been used for fraudulent purposes,” it said, adding the suspect’s hardware had been impounded and the data deleted.
The South African Banking Risk Information Centre , a body formed by the country’s big four banks to assist in combating organised crime targeting banks, said personal data from some 24 million South Africans and almost 800,000 businesses had been exposed.
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