Explore Talent (August 2024) Data Breach

What happened

In August 2024, a slew of security vulnerabilities were identified with a conglomerate of online services which included the talent network Explore Talent. A vulnerable API exposed the personal records of 11.4M users of the service of which 8.9M unique email addresses were provided to HIBP. This incident is separate to the Explore Talent breach which occurred in 2022 and was loaded into HIBP in July 2024.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Explore Talent (August 2024) — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.