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“The whistleblower has informed the regulator that the information of the natural persons who are hosted on the dark web includes their cell phone numbers, home and work phone numbers, employment details and identity numbers,” the statement read.
“The personal information of the companies includes the names of the companies, contact details, VAT numbers and bank details.
“The regulator is extremely concerned about the information it has received from the whistleblower, especially since during its meeting with Experian last week, its chief executive, Mr. Ferdie Pieterse, assured the regulator that Experian had obtained a warrant from Anton Piller and managed to execute the order in terms of which the personal information of the interested parties was adequately secured “.
The regulator said it had informed Experian of the information the whistleblower had provided.
“Experian responded as follows: ‘I can confirm that we have located the files on the Internet and that we are currently running an analysis of the files to determine if it is an exact match. However, our preliminary investigation indicates that it is reasonable to assume that it is the files that were turned over to the fraudster and we have issued a public notice to that effect. “
In the same response, Experian indicated that they were working to remove the files from the Internet and conduct further research. The regulator was also informed that the site was hosted in Switzerland.
Later in the day, the regulator received a new correspondence from Experian, in which it confirmed that they had verified that the files on the Internet were the misappropriated data. The files were reportedly removed from the site and Experian is conducting additional investigation.
