<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://supchina.com/2018/06/18/1-9-million-user-accounts-hacked-at-recruitment-website-51job/">https://supchina.com/2018/06/18/1-9-million-user-accounts-hacked-at-recruitment-website-51job/</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p>Private data of more than 1.9 million users of 51Job.com, one of the
largest recruitment platforms in China, were reportedly found for sale
on the dark web, <a href="https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2198458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> (in Chinese) The Paper.</p>
<p>Judging from sample information provided by the hackers, the breach
gave hackers access to usernames, passwords, email addresses, real
names, and identity card numbers. The whole package of data from 1.95
million users could be purchased for 12 bitcoin (around $80,600 at
today’s rates).</p>
<p>On June 15, 51Job.com confirmed the leak, but said that its database
had not been hacked but rather that the hackers stole the information
from other sources and then “tested” them on its platform. 51Job.com did
not elaborate on the source of the stolen data but hinted that the
incident was associated with a massive data breach of NetEase’s email
service in 2015. “It’s very likely that some hackers reused the data,
trying to log in with those email addresses and passwords,” an employee
at 51Job.com told the reporter, adding that the website had already
implemented a series of security measures to prevent potential data
leaks, and the user accounts affected this time are mostly idle ones
that hadn’t installed new protection features. There has been no
independent confirmation of 51Jobs.com’s account.</p>
<p>Last week, Chinese video-sharing website AcFun also fell victim to
hackers, who claimed that they had acquired account data of millions of
users. On June 12, the website started negotiating with the attackers
after they released some of the hacked data. The story then took an
unexpected turn on June 14 when the hackers <a href="http://www.yxdown.com/news/201806/403820.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized and announced</a> (in Chinese) they would delete all the data they obtained due to AcFun’s earnest persuasion.</p><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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