Jobzone data breach: 29K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-08-15
In April 2023, data from the Israeli jobs website Jobzone was posted online. The data included 30k records of email addresses, names, social security numbers, genders, dates of birth, fathers' names and physical addresses. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, family members' names, genders, government issued ids, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Apr 15, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 15, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Jobzone 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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