Information Regulator happy with Liberty’s conduct over data breach
The Information Regulator has said it is satisfied with the manner in which Liberty Holdings dealt with the data breach scandal. Liberty announced last weekend that its email server had been hacked. Although the company did not divulge much information‚ it said it believed recent e-mails and attachments from its insurance business in South Africa had been accessed. These included thousands of Liberty investors’ financial details‚TimesLIVE reported earlier this week. An anonymous post‚ allegedly by the hackers and titled Liberty Holding Breach – Stage 1‚ appeared on the website Pastbin saying that 40 terabytes of data had been stolen. The company met the regulator on Friday after it requested a meeting to get clarity on the situation. The regulator said it would continuously work with Liberty Holdings to monitor compliance with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). Customers were reassured that their policies and investments were not at risk....
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