europa.jobs data breach: 226K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-01-15
In August 2019, the now defunct European jobs website europa.jobs (Google cache link) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 226k unique email addresses alongside extensive personal information including names, dates of birth, job applications and passwords. The data was subsequently redistributed on a popular hacking forum. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, geographic locations, job applications, names, passwords, phone numbers, spoken languages. The breach dates from Aug 11, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 15, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a europa.jobs account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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