1,170,365
Records Exposed
Mar 2020
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Sep 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
Around March 2020, the Brazilian job recruitment site Catho was hacked, exposing nearly 11 million records, and later found for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breached data included emails, names, usernames, and plain text passwords. This incident highlights the growing importance of robust cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data from similar attacks.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Brazil
Language
Portuguese
Password Storage
Plaintext
Category
Employment
Indexed On
Sep 11, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Catho and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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