Explore Talent (July 2024) Data Breach

What happened?

In July 2024, a data breach attributed to Explore Talent was publicly posted to a popular hacking forum . Containing 5.7M rows with 5.4M unique email addresses, the incident has been described by various sources as occurring between early 2022 to 2023 and also contains names, phone numbers and physical addresses.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is February 28, 2022. The record was added to the catalogue on July 25, 2024 and last updated there on August 19, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Explore Talent (July 2024) or used exploretalent.com around February 28, 2022. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.