WENDY KNOWLER | Vishing expedition: it’s getting harder to tell fact from the fraudsters

If your bank calls to tell you fraudsters are targeting your account, there’s a 90% chance the caller is the fraudster

03 April 2022 - 17:32

Arguably the most alarming, surprising thing to emerge from the news that Brazil-based hacking group N4ughtySecTU gained access to most South Africans’ personal information on TransUnion’s database was how they did it...

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