Challengest
Data Breach
www.challengest.com17,725
Records Exposed
Nov 2022
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In November 2022, Challengest, a Slovak-based talent recruitment platform, exposed nearly 18,000 unique records containing email addresses, usernames, full names, phone numbers, IP addresses, genders, birthdays, physical addresses, and bcrypt hashed passwords. Protecting such sensitive employee information highlights the critical importance of implementing robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard data from potential breaches, ensuring businesses remain resilient against cyber threats.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Slovakia
Language
Slovak
Password Storage
bcrypt
Category
Employment
Indexed On
Jul 31, 2025
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Challengest 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.
- Be alert to smishing attacks (SMS phishing). Scammers may text you pretending to be banks or service providers.
- 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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