GeekedIn Breach Details
Domain: geekedin.net
Breach Date: 15 August 2016
In August 2016, the technology recruitment site GeekedIn left a MongoDB database exposed and over 8M records were extracted by an unknown third party. The breached data was originally scraped from GitHub in violation of their terms of use and contained information exposed in public profiles, including over 1 million members' email addresses. Full details on the incident (including how impacted members can see their leaked data) are covered in the blog post on 8 million GitHub profiles were leaked from GeekedIn's MongoDB - here's how to see yours.
Breached Data:
• Email addresses
• Geographic locations
• Names
• Professional skills
• Usernames
• Years of professional experience
Check Email Address
Breach Date: 15 August 2016
In August 2016, the technology recruitment site GeekedIn left a MongoDB database exposed and over 8M records were extracted by an unknown third party. The breached data was originally scraped from GitHub in violation of their terms of use and contained information exposed in public profiles, including over 1 million members' email addresses. Full details on the incident (including how impacted members can see their leaked data) are covered in the blog post on 8 million GitHub profiles were leaked from GeekedIn's MongoDB - here's how to see yours.
Breached Data:
• Email addresses
• Geographic locations
• Names
• Professional skills
• Usernames
• Years of professional experience
Check Email Address
