South African insurer Liberty Holdings confirmed it refused to pay a ransom demand after hackers breached its system, Bloomberg reports. Liberty CEO David Munro said, “We did engage with the external parties involved to determine their intentions, but we made no concession in the face of this attemp...

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it will investigate the data breach discovered earlier this week, which left more than 30 million South Africans exposed, reports Business Report. The department would only confirm the investigation but said it is committed to providing a compr...

Information Security Researcher Troy Hunt uncovered a data breach that includes millions of South Africans' personal information, TechCentral reports. The breach is believed to have taken place in March and contains data that dates back to the early 1990s, exposing more than 30 million unique South ...

In this Privacy Tracker series, we look at laws from across the globe and match them up against the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The aim is to help you determine how much duplication of operational effort you might avoid as you move toward GDPR compliance and help you focus your efforts. I...