Technology

You've been stolen

So, you thought you were you? You aren’t. You’re him. And her. And the guy who bought that new Xbox you never used.

14 March 2018

Towards the end of 2017, Troy Hunter, well-known security researcher and the creator of Have I Been Pwned, discovered that the personal details of more than 75 million South Africans had been leaked to the internet. This massive database came from the web server of a company called Jigsaw Holdings, and within it lay the ID numbers, contact details, addresses, and income estimates of every single one of these 75 million people. It appears that the data also contains records from deceased individuals and South Africans living abroad, which may account for the figure of 75 million.

He found the identity thief’s equivalent of an oasis in the desert.

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