Cell C
Data Breach on December 29, 2024
| Data Breach Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Victim | cellc.co.za | ||
| Threat Actor | RansomHouse | ||
| Date Discovered | Dec 29, 2024 | ||
| Description | Cell C is a leading mobile provider in South Africa, offering a wide range of products and services including voice, data, and messaging services to over 18 million customers. | ||
| Leak Size | Unknown |
Credential Exposure for cellc.co.za
We've indexed 2,804 @cellc.co.za accounts from external breaches, plus 5,715 credentials for cellc.co.za itself.
Last checked Aug 16, 2026
| @cellc.co.za addresses from external breaches | |
|---|---|
| Third-party breaches | 2,590 accounts · across 204 breaches · 2,384 with a plaintext password · most recent May 9, 2025 |
| Combo lists | 1,580 accounts · most recent Aug 15, 2026 |
| Passwords for cellc.co.za accounts | |
|---|---|
| Combo lists | 5,091 logins · most recent Aug 15, 2026 |
| Infostealer logs | 1,722 logins · 1,194 infected devices · most recent Aug 8, 2026 |
Logins may belong to customers or to staff, and the data doesn't say which. None of this is necessarily connected to the ransomware attack above.
Is your organization next?
Cell C was breached. Check if your company's credentials have been exposed in this or other data breaches.
Check your exposure →Continuous dark web monitoring alerts you when we find leaked credentials or session tokens for your company.