Cybersecurity incident — 2020-08-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Experian
Affected country: South Africa
Industry: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Experian has experienced a breach of data which has exposed personal information of as many as 24 million South Africans and 793,749 business entities to a suspected fraudster.