Breachesby GlypheThekwini Municipality
Disclosed Sep 15, 201681,830 accountsUnverified
In September 2016, the new eThekwini eServices website in South Africa was launched with a number of security holes that lead to the leak of over 98k residents' personal information and utility bills across 82k unique email addresses. Emails were sent prior to launch containing passwords in plain text and the site allowed anyone to download utility bills without sufficient authentication. Various methods of customer data enumeration was possible and phishing attacks began appearing the day after launch.
What is known
| People affected | 81,830 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Sep 15, 2016 |
| Happened | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Attack | Phishing |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsGovernment IDsNamesPasswordsPhone numbersAddresses |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.