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title: "Data breach at JD Group"
description: "In May 2023, JD Group suffered a data breach. 521,878 accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, identity documents, names, phone numbers and postal addresses."
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type: fuite-de-donnees
author: "Sébastien Soulier"
publisher: "InYourGeek"
language: en
datePublished: 2023-06-05
dateModified: 2023-06-05
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# JD Group

Data breach — Critical

In May 2023, JD Group suffered a data breach. 521,878 accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, identity documents, names, phone numbers and postal addresses.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Disclosed on | June 5, 2023 |
| Incident dated | May 31, 2023 |
| Accounts affected | 521,878 |
| Sector | Telecoms |
| Country | South Africa |
| Cause | Undisclosed |
| Severity | Critical |
| Status | Confirmed |

## Exposed data

- Email address
- Identity document
- Full name
- Phone number
- Postal address

## What you can do

- Expect phishing attempts quoting your name and this company. A message that knows your details is not legitimate for that reason.
- These documents enable identity theft, and cannot be reissued at will. Keep the notification letter: it proves where the leak came from if an account is opened in your name.
- You can ask the organisation exactly what was exposed about you (right of access), and complain to the DPA if no answer comes within a month.

## Sources

- [Have I Been Pwned — JD Group](https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/JDGroup) — Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

_Entry built from Have I Been Pwned’s structured data, with no model rewriting._

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