National Realty1 and Jigsaw likely responsible for SA’s largest data breach BL PREMIUM

The largest data breach in SA seems to have come from a property company called Jigsaw Holdings; and the data appears to have been provided, at least in part, by credit bureau Dracore Data Sciences. Security expert Troy Hunt told Business Day on Wednesday that he found references to Dracore in the database that was sent to him. An IP address showed the leak was from a server registered to Jigsaw. Dracore director Chantelle Fraser confirmed that Jigsaw subsidiary Realty1 was a client of the data firms until 2014. "The leak does not come from Dracore," she said, adding that her firm had not seen the leaked database and could not comment until it had. She said the IP address was linked to Jigsaw. A Jigsaw representative would not comment on the leak of the estimated 30-million, sensitive, personal details and requested that Business Day speak to the company director after 2pm on Wednesday when he returned to its Pretoria offices after a meeting in Johannesburg. Jigsaw’s lawyer is out o...