Exposed database reveals personal information of 1.6 million job seekers

guest · Jun 17, 2019

Exposed database reveals personal information of 1.6 million job seekers
Let's hope their current employers aren't reading this
June 17, 2019
https://www.cnet.com/news/exposed-database-reveals-information-of-1-6-million-job-seekers/

An unsecured database of personal information, including phone numbers, salary expectations and openness to new job opportunities, of about 1.6 million job seekers from around the world has been discovered online, according to research published Monday.
The database appears to be owned by Indian recruitment company Talanton AI. It's hosted in plain text on a cloud server, and anyone with a web browser can access it with the right web address.

Karen Aflalo, a security researcher at the company who helped vet the information, said the exposure could put workers in an awkward position at their jobs. What's more, phone numbers and email addresses can help scammers who want to impersonate company officials.
"This can have a big impact," Aflalo said.
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guest · May 24, 2020

Personal details and documents for millions of Indians available in the deep web
May 24, 2020
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/103694/data-breach/indian-jobseekers-data-leak.html

Researchers discovered a dump containing 29.1M Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground.
While Cyble was investigating the issue, a threat actor published more than 2,000 Indian Identity cards (Aadhaar cards) on one hacking forum, files appears to have originated from 2019.

An anonymous entity told Cyble researchers that the data were stored on an unprotected elastic search instance that is no longer accessible.

“Cyble has indexed this information on their data breach monitoring and notification platform, Amibreached.com. People who are concerned about their information leakage, can ascertain the risks by registering to the platform.” reads the post published by Cyble.
Cyble researchers also discovered that a threat actor posted 2.3 GB (zipped) file on one of the hacking forums.
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Cyble: 29.1 Million Indian JobSeekers Personal Details Leaked in Deepweb for FREE!

24/05: Cyble researchers have been tipped-off, by an anonymous entity, that the data originated from an unprotected elastic search instance. The entity further added that the instance is no longer accessible. Cyble researchers are investigating this claim.
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