Protemps
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Place a fraud alert or credit freeze with the major credit bureaus to block new accounts opened in your name.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
What is the Protemps data breach?
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...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around October 2021.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 49,591 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Genders, Job applications, Marital statuses, Names, Nationalities, Passport numbers and Passwords.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Place a fraud alert or credit freeze with the major credit bureaus to block new accounts opened in your name. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.