University of Souk Ahras

University of Souk Ahras

Data Breach

www.univ-soukahras.dz

54,254

Records Exposed

Feb 2023

Date of Breach

Database

Breach Type

Nov 2025

Added to Database

About This Breach

In February 2023, the official website for the University of Souk Ahras, based in Algeria, suffered a data breach affecting over 14.6 million records. The exposed data includes around 54,000 unique email addresses, usernames, full names, phone numbers, IP addresses, birthdays, physical addresses, and passwords hashed with bcrypt, MD5, or PHPass. The breached data was later shared on a popular cybercrime forum.

Compromised Data Types

Email Address Phone Number Password Hash Username First Name Last Name IP Address Birthday

Country

Algeria

Language

Arabic

Password Storage

MD5, bcrypt, Other

Category

Education

Indexed On

Nov 14, 2025

Breach Type

Database

What Should You Do?

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  • Change your password immediately on University of Souk Ahras 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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