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🇿🇦 Cyberattacks and data breaches — South Africa

The cyberattacks and data breaches hitting businesses in South Africa.

109ransomware victims
23recorded breaches
199,953,949records exposed

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Recent ransomware victims

1 Jun 2026 Black X

African National Congress

Public Sector · Public Sector

3 May 2026 PrinzEugen

Standard Bank Group

Financial Services · Financial Services

2 May 2026 stormous

cgcsa.co.za

Business Services · Business Services

18 Apr 2026 thegentlemen

Sunspray Food

Agriculture and Food Production · Agriculture and Food Production

8 Apr 2026 krybit

megasurf.co.za

Consumer Services · Consumer Services

1 Apr 2026 dragonforce

singita.com

Hospitality and Tourism · Hospitality and Tourism

25 Mar 2026 incransom

ETFSA

Financial Services · Financial Services

21 Mar 2026 nightspire

Semenya Furumele Consulting Engineers

Construction · Construction

20 Mar 2026 thegentlemen

Elundini

Public Sector · Public Sector

19 Mar 2026 dragonforce

theunlimited.co.za

Financial Services · Financial Services

28 Feb 2026 lockbit5

diesel-electric.co.za

Energy · Energy

23 Feb 2026 vect

EnerTec

Manufacturing · Manufacturing

18 Feb 2026 incransom

aircotedivoire.com

Transportation/Logistics · Transportation/Logistics

14 Feb 2026 thegentlemen

Intsika Yethu Municipality Government

Public Sector · Public Sector

19 Jan 2026 thegentlemen

Paltrack

Technology · Technology

19 Jan 2026 thegentlemen

Rola Motor Group

Consumer Services · Consumer Services

19 Jan 2026 thegentlemen

Witzenberg Municipality

Public Sector · Public Sector

5 Jan 2026 vect

Hytec South Africa

Manufacturing · Manufacturing

Most affected sectors

Business Services 15
Public Sector 15
Manufacturing 11
Technology 10
Financial Services 10
Consumer Services 9
Healthcare 7
Transportation/Logistics 6
Agriculture and Food Production 6
Energy 5
Education 5
Construction 2

Notable data breaches

NameSectorrecords exposed
Debt-IN · 2021 140,000,000 Source
VirginActive · 2021 Source
MyTopDog · 2020 800,000 Source
Experian · 2020 24,793,749 Source
Conor Solutions · 2019 1,000,000 Source
MyBroadband · 2017 30,000,000 Source
Dracore Data Sciences · 2017 2,200,000 Source
South African Mint Company · 2017 Source
Leandra Tollgate · 2016 Source
Milnerton restaurant · 2016 Source
Mcdonalds · 2016 Source
Crystal Web's · 2016 5,400 Source