The South African debt collector Debt-IN suffered a a ransomware attack which exposed as much as 1.4 million personal records of South Africans.
FNB, Absa, Standard Bank and African Bank are some of the financial institutions that make use of Debt-IN’s services and thus were impacted by the attack on Debt-IN.
These institutions notified their customers about the attack and asked to be alerted of the breach.
Source: https://www.itweb.co.za/content/rW1xLv593rlvRk6m
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/debt-in
"id": "deb2234111022",
"linkid": "debt-in",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1400000,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'location': 'South Africa',
'name': 'Debt-IN',
'type': 'Debt Collector'},
{'industry': 'Banking',
'location': 'South Africa',
'name': 'FNB',
'type': 'Financial Institution'},
{'industry': 'Banking',
'location': 'South Africa',
'name': 'Absa',
'type': 'Financial Institution'},
{'industry': 'Banking',
'location': 'South Africa',
'name': 'Standard Bank',
'type': 'Financial Institution'},
{'industry': 'Banking',
'location': 'South Africa',
'name': 'African Bank',
'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Customers were notified about the attack and asked to '
'be alerted of the breach.',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1400000,
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Records'},
'description': 'The South African debt collector Debt-IN suffered a '
'ransomware attack which exposed as much as 1.4 million '
'personal records of South Africans.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Records']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Customers were notified about the '
'attack and asked to be alerted of the '
'breach.'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Debt-IN',
'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}