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eThekwini Municipality data breach (2016)

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.

Victim
eThekwini Municipality
records
81.8K
SectorGovernment
CountrySouth Africa

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2016-09-07, eThekwini Municipality was affected by a data breach. Approximately 81,830 accounts were exposed. 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.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#eThekwiniMunicipality
  2. eservices.durban.gov.zahttps://eservices.durban.gov.za

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