Credit reporting agency TransUnion South Africa has been hacked, with the hackers claiming they have accessed 54 million personal records of South Africans. In a statement on Thursday, TransUnion South Africa said its server was accessed by a “criminal third party”. It did this through the misuse of an authorised client’s credentials. The hacker group reportedly gained access to four terabytes of data and is demanding a ransom of $15 million (about R223 million). The hackers, N4aughtysecTU, claim to be from Brazil. TransUnion South Africa is the South African division of the US-based consumer …

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