By Sam Jones for The Guardian The antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee, who has been indicted for tax evasion in the US after allegedly failing to declare earnings running into millions of dollars, has been arrested by Spanish police while attempting to board a...
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‘Warrant issued’ for ANC Secretary General’s arrest
A warrant of arrest has been issued for ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, according to Independent Media. When asked about the matter, Magashule confirmed knowledge of his intended arrest saying “I’m aware. I’m aware,” he said....
3M expands actions to fight Covid fraud
Source: Medical Process Outsourcing 3M continues to fight the global pandemic from every angle, and help ensure a safe supply of needed personal protective equipment, by expanding its region-specific resources to report and stop fraud around the world. The company has...
Anonymous ZA levels accusations at MTI
By Jan Vermeulen for MyBroadband A hacker collective calling itself Anonymous ZA has released explosive details about Mirror Trading International (MTI), stating that at least R4-billion in bitcoin has flowed through the scheme. In response, MTI told MyBroadband the...
TERS payouts still halted as millions of IDs are checked
Source: Business Insider SA The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is still not paying out special coronavirus grants as it tries to verify the identity documents of those who applied over recent months. The delay has resulted in new cut-off dates for applications for...
Breached data from Experian now on the Internet
Source: Business Insider Information apparently drawn from a massive leak of its data is “on the Internet”, credit bureau Experian admitted on Tuesday night. To date the company has insisted it had contained the breach, after handing over data on millions...
South Africa has a massive mobile fraud problem
Source: Evina Extensive data collection and analysis has lead to the Paris-based anti-fraud firm Evina determining that one out of every three mobile subscription attempts in South Africa is fraudulent. South African cellular users are very often subscribed to mobile...
Evidence of mass airtime theft from Vodacom subscribers
Source: MyBroadband New evidence has revealed widespread airtime theft and fraudulent WASP subscriptions on Vodacom’s network, showing that the company failed to act decisively against the criminals. The latest evidence follows an industry investigation which revealed...
Experian data breach occurred months ago
By Phillip de Wet for Business Insider SA South Africa’s largest ever data breach has now been contained, says credit bureau Experian, which handed over the personal details of some 24 million people to an individual it now calls a fraudster. But it is still not...
TERS payments suspended with immediate effect
Source: NEASA The Department of Employment and Labour has suspended all TERS payments that are currently outstanding. The Department has identified a number of anomalies in respect of past payments made to persons who are deceased, imprisoned or minor. The Department...
Experian breach exposes 24m South Africans
By Sizwe Dlamini for IOL Consumer, business and credit information services agency Experian has experienced a breach of data which has exposed personal information of as many as 24-million South Africans and 793 749 business entities to a suspected fraudster. Experian...
Traffic accidents and licences that expired in lockdown
Source: De Bruyn Daly Driving licence test centres were closed during the lockdown and even prior to that centres were running behind in renewing driver’s licences and testing first time driver’s licence applicants. The Minister of Transport recognised these...
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