Man convicted for Experian breach and trying to sell data for R4 million skips sentencing

A man found guilty of fraudulently obtaining the personal data of millions of South Africans from credit bureau Experian skipped his sentencing hearing on Wednesday. A warrant for his arrest has been issued.

The magistrate issued an arrest warrant for Phungula, and his R3,000 bail was forfeited to the state. Experian South Africa CEO Ferdie Pieterse said someone had impersonated a legitimate client and fraudulently requested services from the credit bureau., making the allegedly stolen personal information available to malicious actors worldwide., Orange Cyberdefense South African director Dominic White explained that local privacy legislation has a deliberate loophole for credit bureaus.

Mohapi also worked with Have I Been Pwned founder Troy Hunt to report that the data had been exposed to the public Internet.

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