The credit reporting agency Experian has been on the headlines on Aug. 21 after a data breach has been reported in its South Africa branch. After the incident, people suddenly heighten their security defense as well as left many people be concerned about their personal data while banks and financial institutions have advised users to be extra vigilant, despite Experian has already contained the breach.
What to Do to Protect Your Information?
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What happened before?
Experian South African branch had a data breach on Wednesday, Aug. 19 after an individual tricked the company by posing a legitimate client and got access to their users' private information. Experian said its security systems and database was not compromised. Tech Times reported that 24 million customers had been affected by the breach, and their information will be used in creating marketing leads for credit-related and insurance services.
Meanwhile, Experian assured that no credit-related or financial information was compromised in the breach as only personal information, which is being shared during an "ordinary course of business" is acquired by the perpetrator who has already been tracked by authorities.
The fraudster's hardware has also been impounded while the stolen data saved in the hardware has already been secured and deleted. Meanwhile, Experian Africa CEO Ferdie Pieterse has apologized to the affected customers for the inconvenience caused by the incident.
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Written by CJ Robles
