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How bank customers can protect themselves after hackers leak ... (MyBroadband)

At least 3 million TransUnion clients are affected by the N4ughtySec data breach. Here is how you can protect yourself after the hackers leaked the data.

The deadline to pay was midnight on Saturday. The group has since been deleted. “We continue to investigate the identity of the suspect,” TransUnion stated. TransUnion said that should it identify the suspect, it would work with law enforcement agencies and disclose the suspect’s identity only if law enforcement agencies think that it is appropriate. “When the free one-year subscription to TrueIdentity lapses, we will provide you with a TrueCredit subscription until 31 December 2023,” TransUnion stated. “TrueIdentity gives people the information and tools to detect identity-related threats and, if need be, a way to get help to recover from them,” TransUnion stated.

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TransUnion hack: Deadline passes for R220m extortion demand (Citizen)

TransUnion missed the deadline on Friday for paying a $15m ransom demanded by a group of hackers going under the name N4ughtySecTU.

“When the free one-year subscription to TrueIdentity lapses, we will provide you with a TrueCredit subscription until 31 December 2023. Thereafter, the cost of ID protection is R499 a year. TransUnion says where contact information is available, it is directly contacting known impacted individuals. Those who pay the fee will be safe when the hackers start releasing stolen data. The hackers demanded $15 – around R220m – million in bitcoin. The ID information on the 54 million South Africans is reckoned to be a Home Affairs database stored on the TransUnion server.

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