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Etfsa

bd_7526a28fe7ec8998 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Mar 25, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Etfsa →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group INC Ransom on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2026-03-26
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Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

ETFSA.co.za is a South African financial services platform specializing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It offers a wide range of investment options, allowing individuals to invest in various sectors, indices, and asset classes through low-cost, diversified ETFs. The platform provides educational resources, investment solutions, and tools to help investors manage their portfolios effectively. ETFSA also supports tax-free savings accounts (TFSA) and retirement accounts, making it accessible for long-term wealth building ETFSA.co.za became the target of a cyberattack, and all confidential and personal client data will be published soon. Mike Brown did not worry about the security of his clients' data; he had the opportunity to ensure the safety of such sensitive data, but he preferred to stay on the sidelines. +27 82 653 5645 (m) Mike Brown

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Mar 25, 2026

Claim posted

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

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