Absa Bank hit by data breach

guest · Nov 30, 2020

Absa hit by data breach
November 30, 2020
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/378358-absa-hit-by-data-breach.html

Absa has suffered a data breach affecting a number of its clients, exposing their personal information to external parties.

The bank sent an email to affected clients on Monday 30 November, warning them that their personal information had been shared with third parties.

“We regret to notify you that Absa has identified an isolated internal data leak whereby personal information of a limited number of Absa customers was shared with parties external to the bank,” Absa told clients.
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Employee leaked client data – Absa
Absa told MyBroadband that the data was exposed due to the actions of an employee who acted unlawfully.

“Absa advises that an employee has unlawfully made selected customer data available to a small number of external parties,” Absa said.
Absa has brought criminal charges against the employee and said that the requisite consequence management has been undertaken internally.
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