The information Regulator is looking into South African companies listed in the "mother of all breaches".
The Information Regulator is sending letters to the companies with South African domain names listed in the so-called "mother of all breaches" to confirm whether they suffered a security compromise.
Earlier this week, Security Discovery and Cybernews, which are both cyber research firms, uncovered a database which contains 26 billion leaked data records - thought to be the biggest ever globally.
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