Protemps

What Happened

In October 2021, the Singaporean recruitment website Protemps suffered a data breach that exposed almost 50,000 unique email addresses. The impacted data includes names, email and physical addresses, phone numbers, passport numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes, among troves of other jobseeker data. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "white_peacock@riseup.net".

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Genders
Job applications
Marital statuses
Names
Nationalities
Passport numbers
Passwords
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Religions
Salutations

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    49.6 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    October 2021

  • Added to HIBP:

    20 Dec 2021

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Protemps password since 2021, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

Check Other Accounts

If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.

Monitor for Suspicious Activity

Watch for unusual login attempts or messages from your account.

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