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ViewFines

Disclosed May 24, 2018777,649 accountsUnverified

In May 2018, the South African website for viewing traffic fines online known as ViewFines suffered a data breach . Over 934k records containing 778k unique email addresses were exposed and included names, phone numbers, government issued IDs and passwords stored in plain text.

What is known

People affected777,649 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMay 24, 2018
HappenedMay 7, 2018
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmailsGovernment IDsNamesPasswordsPhone numbers
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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