1,787,973
Records Exposed
Mar 2012
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In October 2017, the Malaysian website lowyat.net ran a story on a massive set of breached data affecting millions of Malaysians after someone posted it for sale on their forums. The data spanned multiple separate breaches including the JobStreet jobs website which contained almost 3.4 million unique email addresses. The dates in the breach indicate the incident occurred in March 2012. The breached data includes including names, birth dates, phone numbers, physical addresses and password hashes.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Malaysia
Language
English
Password Storage
Base64
Category
Employment
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on JobStreet 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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