Telkom said it executed a search and seizure court order obtained from the Gauteng High Court against a third-party company that was alleged to have fraudulently accessed client data in September.
Investigators believe the third party illegally accessed this information to poach customers from Telkom. However, nothing points to Telkom customers suffering any financial losses.The mobile network also notified the South African Information Regulator, as required by the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013.
Data breaches like these are not new to the country. A recent Allianz report listed South Africa as 14th among the countries hardest hit by such attacks.
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