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The suspect then proceeded to download approximately 23 million personal data records and 727 000 business records. <\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cThe suspect then attempted to sell these records at about R4.2 million,\u201d said Hawks spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Subsequent to his arrest, the suspect was expected to appear today at the Palm Ridge court on charges of fraud and the contravention of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P><P><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawks\u2019 Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit has arrested a 36-year-old suspect in Gauteng following the August 2020 data breach at Experian.In a statement, the Hawks on Wednesday said Experian entered into a contract with the suspect, who pu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Suspect arrested for massive 2020 data breach - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspect arrested for massive 2020 data breach - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hawks\u2019 Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit has arrested a 36-year-old suspect in Gauteng following the August 2020 data breach at Experian.In a statement, the Hawks on Wednesday said Experian entered into a contract with the suspect, who pu...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sjadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5258049232dc72b42ad1073df5c990f\"},\"headline\":\"Suspect arrested for massive 2020 data breach\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\",\"name\":\"Suspect arrested for massive 2020 data breach - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-massive-2020-data-breach\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Suspect arrested for massive 2020 data breach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; 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