Jobandtalent 2018 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
Low SeverityWebsite / service breach
Jobandtalent Digital Staffing Platform Breach (2018): 11 Million User Accounts Including Passwords Exposed
Digital staffing and workforce platform.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
30/100Breach Risk Index
8Data Value
25Market Recency
584dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Jobandtalent · Actor: Unknown · Sources: 7 references
Attack: Unknown
Profile: Platform · Workforce management and staffing · Digital staffing marketplace · Global
Timeline: Breach (2018-02-01) · Indexed (Dec 01, 2024) · Year (2018)
Exposure: 11.0M records · 4 fields: Email Address, Full Name, IP Address, Password
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
Around February 2018, the employment platform Jobandtalent suffered a data breach affecting 10,981,207 accounts, which surfaced for sale roughly a year later and was indexed in January 2021. Exposed data included names, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords stored as salted SHA-1 hashes.
ObscureIQ assessment: Exposure enables identity theft, payroll fraud, recruiter impersonation, and employment-themed phishing. Work-history and staffing data make targeted social engineering more credible.
Breach Impact
Salted SHA-1 slows but does not prevent cracking of weak passwords, exposing reused credentials to stuffing, while the job-seeker context supports employment-themed phishing.
About Jobandtalent
Jobandtalent is a digital staffing and employment marketplace that connects workers with temporary and permanent jobs across multiple countries.
Why They Hold Your Data
Digital staffing marketplaces collect worker identity, contact details, resumes, employment history, payroll-related records, shift data, and employer-linked information across hiring and workforce-management workflows.
Recent Developments
Jobandtalent continued to grow as a staffing platform. The breached data appeared for sale about a year after the incident.
Data Points Exposed
4 verified field types
Email Address
Full Name High
IP Address
Password Critical
Field names are shown in full for clarity and search visibility. Canonical machine keys are emitted only in this page’s structured data.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
Threat Activity:Moderate
Primary downstream threats:
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Threat vectors:
- Phishing, credential stuffing & account takeover
- Name-based social engineering
- Geolocation & account flagging
- Credential stuffing & account takeover
Recommended Actions
If you believe your information may be included:
Change Reused Passwords
Update this account and anywhere you reused the password; use a manager.
Enable MFA Everywhere
Turn on multi-factor authentication on email first, then financial accounts.
Report & Recover
If you spot misuse, start an official recovery plan and report fraud.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the Jobandtalent breach?▾
Around February 2018, the employment platform Jobandtalent suffered a data breach affecting 10,981,207 accounts, which surfaced for sale roughly a year later and was indexed in January 2021. Exposed data included names, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords stored as salted SHA-1 hashes.
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Email Address, Full Name, IP Address, Password.
What should I do if I was affected?▾
Change reused passwords, enable MFA, and (if identity or financial data is involved) freeze your credit and monitor your accounts.
Sources & References
Every claim on this page is traceable. This breach draws on:
Breach Index
Breach Index
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9ghz
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BreachForums_Official_Index
Cross-source
Keeper
Cross-source
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ObscureIQ Intelligence
ObscureIQ proprietary analysis
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