{"id":20055,"date":"2017-11-08T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=20055"},"modified":"2017-11-08T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:25:51","slug":"what-to-do-if-youve-been-compromised-in-the-deeds-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/what-to-do-if-youve-been-compromised-in-the-deeds-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if you’ve been compromised in the Deeds data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The personal details of over 75 million South Africans was recently leaked in the Deeds Data Breach \u2013 including ID numbers, contact details, addresses, and income estimates.<\/p>\n

This has opened up the majority of South Africans to identity theft risk, which could ultimately lead to new accounts and fraudulent lines of credit being opened up in your name.<\/p>\n

Security researcher Troy Hunt was alerted to the\u00a0leak of a massive database<\/a>\u00a0called \u2018Master Deeds\u2019, which\u00a0originated\u00a0from the main web server of Jigsaw Holdings,\u00a0which handles several property brands.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the breach,\u00a0ThisIsMe\u00a0has launched new\u00a0tools\u00a0and revealed practical\u00a0steps that you can take\u00a0to mitigate the prevalent risks resulting from this explosive breach.<\/p>\n

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  1. Investigate the impact:\u00a0<\/strong>Investigate the level that your PII has been affected and the extent to which your personal details have been compromised.<\/li>\n
  2. Set up alerts:\u00a0<\/strong>Build your awareness by setting up alerts that notify you of any changes on your customer profile and of attempts to access your credit status or to set up new lines of credit so that you can stop fraudsters in their tracks.<\/li>\n
  3. Change all passwords:\u00a0<\/strong>Shut out attempts at logging into your accounts by changing all of your usernames, passwords and security questions, including those linked to your social media accounts and especially those accounts linked to your financial transactions.<\/li>\n
  4. Shut down access:\u00a0<\/strong>Contact all relevant institutions handling your sensitive PII, including your credit providers, medical aid, doctor\u2019s office, and educational institutions to instruct them not to take any action on your account unless they\u2019re dealing with you in person. It may seem extreme but is an important step to dissuading and blocking would-be identity thieves.<\/li>\n
  5. Engage with institutions:\u00a0<\/strong>By making yourself heard and by ensuring accountability, you can make a meaningful impact to building the necessary safeguards that are needed from these institutions to prevent massive data breaches like this from happening again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Identity theft statistics show that there are over 15 million victims a year amounting to over $50 billion in damages, making it one of the fastest growing crimes, so it is critical to take the steps outlined above.<\/p>\n

    ThisIsMe has released a compromised data investigation tool to assist you in gauging the extent to which your PII has been compromised.<\/p>\n

    The tool will also help you to set up the alerts you need on your profile to monitor your credit status.<\/p>\n

    You can gain early access to ThisIsMe\u2019s latest tools\u00a0when you\u00a0register a user profile.<\/p>\n

    Additionally, your ThisIsMe profile will allow you to verify people when trading online, control your identity data across their merchant partner network, and avoid wasting time with FICA admin.<\/p>\n

    ThisIsMe gives you complete control over your identity data, who you share it with and who has access to it.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s easy to use, intuitive interface, affords you complete control over your identity data.<\/p>\n

    ThisIsMe also has an app that has been designed to help you safely store and share your identity data and to identify people in real-time, available on both\u00a0iOS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    To find out more about how best to navigate this massive data breach, you can register your free\u00a0ThisIsMe profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    The personal details of over 75 million South Africans was recently leaked in the Deeds Data Breach \u2013 including ID numbers, contact details, addresses, and income estimates. This has opened up the majority of South Africans to identity theft risk, which could ultimately lead to new accounts and fraudulent lines of credit being opened up<\/p>\n

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