IIMJobs Data Breach

What happened?

In December 2018, the Indian job portal IIMJobs suffered a data breach that exposed 4.1 million unique email addresses . The data also included names, phone numbers, geographic locations, dates of birth, job titles, job applications and cover letters plus passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is December 31, 2018. The record was added to the catalogue on May 21, 2021 and last updated there on May 21, 2021.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Job applications
• Job titles
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers

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 IIMJobs or used iimjobs.com around December 31, 2018. 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.