The Information Regulator has revealed the name of the third-party service provider Dis-Chem previously said was breached.
The Information Regulator has served an enforcement notice on Dis-Chem Pharmacies after finding the company had not done enough to secure its customers’ private data.It said people’s names, e-mail addresses, and cellphone numbers were potentially exposed.
“A brute force attack is aimed at cracking a password by continuously trying different combinations until the right character combination is found,” the regulator explained. The Information Regulator said an operator agreement would have outlined reporting processes to Dis-Chem in case of a security compromise.Conduct a Personal Information Impact Assessment to ensure that adequate measures and standards exist to comply with the conditions for the lawful processing of personal information as required by Regulation 4 of POPIA.
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