JobStreet data breach
The JobStreet breach happened on March 7, 2012 and exposed 3,883,455 accounts. 12 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- jobstreet.com
- Breach date
- March 7, 2012
- Recorded on
- October 30, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 3,883,455
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Government issued IDs, Marital statuses, Names, Nationalities, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames
- Risk score
- 91 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 91 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Government issued IDs, Phone numbers.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
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- Gamigo (2012-03-01, 8,243,604 accounts)
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- LinkedIn (2012-05-05, 164,611,595 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your JobStreet password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
- Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
- ID numbers were exposed, so watch out for contracts signed in your name.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of October 30, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.