The South African-based Absa financial services group has reported that a rogue employee sold customer data to third parties. The employee, a credit analyst, had access to the group’s risk modelling processes as part of his job. Absa offers services in 12 countries across the continent with roughly 42,000 employees.
South Africa-based financial services group, ABSA Group has notified customers of a potential breach in which client data might have been given out by a credit analyst based in the Group's South Africa's Subsidiary.https://t.co/ZhnNrb9RW4
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