Over 9,000 client call recordings exposed on South Africa’s Open V server
A server configuration error at South African IT company Open V reportedly left materials belonging to its client, Edge Financial Group, including call recordings, exposed on the internet. The material comprised more than 9,000 audio files, at least 1,900 of which contained calls of substantial length, including confidential medical and financial conversations. The materials are thought to have been publicly accessible since 6 September 2026, and databases, usernames, passwords and source code were also exposed. Open V said responsibility and the cause had yet to be established.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Open V
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-09-06
- Scale of damage
- More than 9,000 audio files, including at least 1,900 calls of substantial length; databases, usernames, passwords and source code exposed
- Cause / method
- Server configuration error
- Location
- South Africa
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- Client call recordings began to be exposed in a form accessible over the internet.
- The exposure of thousands of call recordings, including confidential medical and financial conversations, was disclosed.
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