{"id":43419,"date":"2022-03-18T17:05:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?p=43419"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:05:17","slug":"hackers-hack-54-million-personal-records-in-south-africa-demand-r224m-ransom-from-transunion-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/hackers-hack-54-million-personal-records-in-south-africa-demand-r224m-ransom-from-transunion-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers hack 54 million personal records in South Africa, demand R224m ransom from TransUnion SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/728990751129321472\/profile_1.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>TDPel Media<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>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 \u201ccriminal third party\u201d. It did this through the misuse of an authorised client\u2019s 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 &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/877593968419078144?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by TDPel Media 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 \u201ccriminal third party\u201d. It did this through the misuse of an authorised client\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/hackers-hack-54-million-personal-records-in-south-africa-demand-r224m-ransom-from-transunion-sa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hackers hack 54 million personal records in South Africa, demand R224m ransom from TransUnion SA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":43421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hackers hack 54 million personal records in South Africa, demand R224m ransom from TransUnion SA - South Africa Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/hackers-hack-54-million-personal-records-in-south-africa-demand-r224m-ransom-from-transunion-sa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hackers hack 54 million personal records in South Africa, demand R224m ransom from TransUnion SA - South Africa Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Published by TDPel Media Credit reporting agency TransUnion South Africa has been hacked, with the hackers claiming they have accessed 54 million personal records of South Africans. 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