Personal Data Leak Monitor

ViewFines data breach

778K accounts from ViewFines (viewfines.co.za) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included government issued IDs and passwords, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
May 7, 2018
Accounts
777,649
Added to the database
May 24, 2018

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What leaked

Email addressesGovernment issued IDsNamesPasswordsPhone numbers

What to do now

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

Tools that help with this breach

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About this breach

In May 2018, the South African website for viewing traffic fines online known as ViewFines suffered a data breach. Over 934k records containing 778k unique email addresses were exposed and included names, phone numbers, government issued IDs and passwords stored in plain text.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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