DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA - DIDBS - Voluntary Announcement - DBSA Information Systems Breach

DIDBS - Voluntary Announcement - DBSA Information Systems Breach

Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited (DBSA)
(reconstituted and incorporated in terms of section 2 of the Development Bank of Southern Africa Act, 1997)
Registration number: 1600157FN
JSE company code: DIDBS
LEI code: 2549007IAZ4HOFUNIH94
(“DBSA” or the “Bank”)


VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT- DBSA INFORMATION SYSTEMS BREACH


Noteholders are advised that on Sunday 21 May 2023, at around 14:00, DBSA detected an abnormality during
a routine check of its information systems. Further inquiry confirmed a breach of the Bank’s information
systems which immediately prompted the Bank’s disaster recovery protocol.


DBSA is taking the necessary precautionary measures and thoroughly investigating this breach in partnership
with the Bank’s data security partners and forensic investigators to determine the origin and extent of the
breach. The findings of the investigation will inform further action.


Please refer to the full statement on the DBSA website: https://www.dbsa.org/press-releases/possible-
compromise-dbsa-information-systems


For further inquiries, the DBSA Chief Risk Officer may be contacted at MphoK2@dbsa.org



26 May 2023

Debt Sponsor

Rand Merchant Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited)




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Date: 26-05-2023 04:35:00
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