Seller Claims Global Talent Exchange Database of 80,000 Records Is for Sale
Summary
A seller claims to offer more than 80,000 Global Talent Exchange candidate and user records for $300, allegedly including contact details, employment histories, skills, locations and account information. The breach is unconfirmed.
Key points
- An unidentified seller is advertising a database allegedly taken from India-based recruitment platform Global Talent Exchange (Globaltalex).
- The seller claims the dataset contains more than 80,000 rows and is asking $300.
- Alleged data includes email addresses, phone numbers, candidate numbers, employment and education histories, skills, and work locations.
- The article provides no independent confirmation that the platform was compromised or that the advertised data is authentic.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Global Talent Exchange (Globaltalex)
- Incident Type
- Alleged unauthorized access to a candidate and user database, which an actor claims to be offering for sale
- Data Types Exposed
- Email addresses
- Contact numbers
- First names
- Candidate numbers
- Experience and education histories
- Profile keywords and skills
- Account creation and update timestamps
- Notice periods
- Profile active statuses
- Known languages
- Job categories and sub-categories
- Current and preferred work locations and countries
- Account statuses
- Affected Records
- The seller claims the dataset contains over 80,000 rows.
- Operational Impact
- No operational impact is reported.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- An actor is advertising the alleged dataset for sale for $300; the article does not report a ransom demand.
- Claim Status
- claimed