Breach Disclosure: Europa Jobs
|by Alpha Team
Breach Disclosure: EuropaJobs
In August 2019, the European job hunting website Europa[.]jobs was breached. 226,000 user email addresses, salted hashed passwords, and extensive personal information related to job applications like uploaded CVs, birthdate and address, were exposed. Site administrators have not responded to requests for comment regarding the breach. The site is no longer up, however, the breach database is available for purchase on RaidForums.
Recommendations
- If not already enabled, turn on the compromised credentials rule for all relevant entities and ensure relevant emails are entered for those entities, or reach out to [email protected] for assistance
- If one of your entities receives an alert, ZeroFOX recommends immediate password changes for the affected account
- Enable 2-factor authentication for all of your organizational accounts to help mitigate phishing and credential stuffing attacks
Details
This breach occurred in August 2019, and the breached database is now offered for sale by multiple actors on RaidForums.
Figure 1. Sale ad for Europa[.]jobs dump on RaidForums
The database is also available for purchase on the Russian forum XSS[.]is.
Tags: other, eu/russia, data breach