South African government agency with sensitive data breached in R1.7 million ransomware attack

Statistics South Africa has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, with gigabytes of people’s personal data allegedly exposed.
BusinessTech

Stats SA breached in cyberattack

South Africa's statistics agency, Stats SA, has confirmed that its systems have been breached by a ransomware attack, marking ...
ITWeb

Stats SA confirms data breach as hackers demand R1.7m ransom

Hacker group XP95 claims to have stolen 154GB of private data from the government organisation, demanding $100 000 ransom.
The Citizen

Stats SA hit by cyberattack, hackers demand ransom over stolen data

South Africa’s statistics agency, Stats SA, has fallen victim to a data breach affecting one of its departments, the agency confirmed. It is believed that the cyberattack was perpetrated by a ...
Cape Town ETC

Stats SA suffers ransomware attack exposing jobseekers’ personal data

A ransomware attack at Stats SA has put the personal data of jobseekers at risk, with over 450,000 files reportedly stolen: ...
MyBroadband

Hackers target students and jobseekers in South Africa

Three South African organisations have been breached in March 2026 by a group calling itself XP95, with all three incidents targeting data from job seekers and students. Student bursary provider the ...