In March 2022, a hacking group calling themselves N4ughtySecTU claimed to have breached TransUnion’s systems and threatened to leak four terabytes of data if the credit bureau didn’t pay a $15-million (R242-million) rans
In March 2022, a hacking group calling themselves N4ughtySecTU claimed to have breached TransUnion’s systems and threatened to leak four terabytes of data if the credit bureau didn’t pay a $15-million (R242-million) ransom.
Threat actor N4ughtySecTU breached TransUnion South Africa using a client account secured with the password 'Password', then demanded a $15 million ransom. TransUnion confirmed millions of consumers' personal data were compromised.