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Ster-Kinekor data breach (2017)

In 2016, the South African cinema company Ster-Kinekor had a security flaw which leaked a large amount of customer data via an enumeration vulnerability in the API of their old website.

Victim
Ster-Kinekor
records
1.6M
SectorTechnology
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 2017-03-09, Ster-Kinekor was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,619,544 accounts were exposed. In 2016, the South African cinema company Ster-Kinekor had a security flaw which leaked a large amount of customer data via an enumeration vulnerability in the API of their old website.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Ster-Kinekor
  2. sterkinekor.co.zahttps://sterkinekor.co.za

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