Australian information security expert Troy Hunt, the man who discovered the explosive leak of more than 60m records containing personal information of South African citizens, has published a video
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The largest data leak recorded in South Africa has been traced to a Web server registered to a real estate company based in Pretoria. “Whois lookup” information points to Jigsaw Holdings is a holding
In this special edition of the podcast, Andrew Fraser, who ensured TechCentral was the first media outlet this week to publish the news of the massive data breach involving the leaking of the personal