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Absa Group Limited

Absa Group Limited Data Breach (2013)

Absa Group Limited

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Disclosed

January 1, 2013

4833 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Phishing

Industry

Finance

Description

ABSA customers were victims of SIM swap fraud, allowing external actors to receive one-time passwords via SMS (after acquiring other information from phishing attacks). Armed with both sets of data, fraudulent transactions ensue.