JobStreet Data Breach

What happened?

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 4 million unique email addresses. The dates in the breach indicate the incident occurred in March 2012. The data later appeared freely downloadable on a Tor hidden service and contained extensive information on job seekers including names, genders, birth dates, phone numbers, physical addresses and passwords.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 7, 2012. The record was added to the catalogue on October 30, 2017 and last updated there on October 30, 2017.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• Government issued IDs
• Marital statuses
• Names
• Nationalities
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Usernames

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 JobStreet or used jobstreet.com around March 7, 2012. 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.