---
title: "South African Government Pension Data Leak Fears Spark Probe"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/south-african-government-pension-data-leak-fears-spark-probe-kz3mqvkvc
source_url: https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/south-african-government-pension-data-leak-fears-spark-probe
type: article
source: "Dark Reading"
published: 2024-03-18T07:05:22.440Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z
tags: ["security", "ransomware", "data-leak"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# South African Government Pension Data Leak Fears Spark Probe

**[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

South African government officials are investigating reports of a data breach by the LockBit ransomware gang that resulted in the leak of 668GB of sensitive pension data from the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA). The South African Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is also involved in the investigation.

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Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#ransomware](https://daily.dev/tags/ransomware), [#data-leak](https://daily.dev/tags/data-leak)

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