Personal Data Leak Monitor

Experian (South Africa) data breach

1.28M accounts from Experian (South Africa) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included government issued IDs, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
August 19, 2020
Accounts
1,284,637
Added to the database
September 1, 2020

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What leaked

Email addressesEmployersGovernment issued IDsNamesOccupationsPhone numbers

What to do now

  1. Watch for accounts or mail opened in your name; contact the issuer
  2. Do not tap links in emails claiming to be that service
  3. Expect scam emails that use your real name
  4. Be alert to fake delivery or unpaid-bill texts and calls

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About this breach

In August 2020, Experian South Africa suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of tens of millions of individuals. Only 1.3M of the records contained email addresses, whilst most contained government issued identity numbers, names, addresses, occupations and employers, amongst other person information.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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