ShellCodeX Breach Report
JD Group Data Breach
jdgroup.co.za
Verified breach
Accounts exposed
521,878
Breach date
31 May 2023
Added to tracker
05 Jun 2023
Data classes
5
What happened
In May 2023, the South African retailer JD Group announced a data breach affecting a number of their online assets including Bradlows, Everyshop, HiFi Corp, Incredible (Connection), Rochester, Russells, and Sleepmasters. The breach exposed over 520k unique customer records including names, email and physical addresses, phone numbers and South African ID numbers.
Exposed data
Email addresses
Government issued IDs
Names
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing JD Group — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
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