{"id":31759,"date":"2026-04-13T19:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31759"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:08:54","slug":"sa-regulator-still-assessing-standard-bank-liberty-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-regulator-still-assessing-standard-bank-liberty-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"SA regulator still assessing Standard Bank, Liberty data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) Information Regulator says it is still trying to determine the full impact of the recent data breaches involving Standard Bank and Liberty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The breaches, which were reported on March 23, are still under investigation, with both institutions providing regular updates to the regulator.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Standard Bank has not said how many clients may have been affected, but insists its systems remain secure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are concerns that personal information such as names, identity numbers, and company registration details may have been exposed, raising the risk of fraud or impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Lamola, from the regulator\u2019s Protection of Personal Information Act division, says no final decision has been taken yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She says the regulator is still reviewing the information submitted by Standard Bank before deciding how serious the breach is and what action should follow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28488,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-31759","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Information Regulator says it is still trying to determine the full impact of the recent data breaches involving Standard Bank and Liberty.","published_date":"2026-04-13 19:08:30","news_description":"Information Regulator says it is still trying to determine the full impact of the recent data breaches involving Standard Bank and Liberty.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31760,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31759\/revisions\/31760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}