eThekwini Municipality
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Place a fraud alert or credit freeze with the major credit bureaus to block new accounts opened in your name.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
What is the eThekwini Municipality data breach?
In September 2016, the new eThekwini eServices website in South Africa was launched with a number of security holes that lead to the leak of over 98k residents' personal information and utility bills across 82k unique email addresses. Emails were sent prior...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around September 2016.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 81,830 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Dates of birth, Deceased date, Email addresses, Genders, Government issued IDs, Names, Passport numbers and Passwords.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Place a fraud alert or credit freeze with the major credit bureaus to block new accounts opened in your name. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.