Explore Talent (July 2024) data breach: 5.4M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-07-25
In July 2024, a data breach attributed to Explore Talent was publicly posted to a popular hacking forum. Containing 5.7M rows with 5.4M unique email addresses, the incident has been described by various sources as occurring between early 2022 to 2023 and also contains names, phone numbers and physical addresses. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Feb 28, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 25, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Explore Talent (July 2024) 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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