Data breaches → Explore Talent (August 2024)
Was your data in the Explore Talent (August 2024) breach?
2024 · exploretalent.com · ~8,929,384 accounts exposedLow severity · 2/10
Explore Talent (August 2024) (exploretalent.com) suffered a data breach in 2024 that exposed around 8,929,384 accounts. If you had an account, some of your personal data may be circulating in leaked databases. The fastest way to know is to check your own email — free, in about 30 seconds, no password required.
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.
Breach details sourced from Have I Been Pwned, the industry-standard breach database. Risk analysis by Nullivo.
What was exposed, and why it matters
Not all breaches carry the same risk — what matters is which fields leaked. Here is what the Explore Talent (August 2024) breach exposed and what each item actually enables:
Puts you on spam and phishing lists, and confirms to attackers that you hold an account with this service — which makes impersonation emails more believable.
What to do if you were affected
These steps are ordered for this specific breach — the most urgent action given what leaked comes first.
- Email addresses: Treat any message referencing this service with suspicion, and never act on links in unexpected emails.
- Check whether your own email appears in this breach — run a free scan to confirm before you spend time on the steps above.
How urgent is this now?
This data has been circulating for around 2 years, which means it has been copied, combined with other leaks and indexed by search tools many times over.
Remember: a breach can't be "un-leaked" — once a database is out, it exists in countless copies. The goal is to make the leaked data useless: change what can be changed, lock down what can't, and remove what has been republished.
Frequently asked questions
What data was exposed in the Explore Talent (August 2024) breach?
The Explore Talent (August 2024) breach exposed email addresses. Puts you on spam and phishing lists, and confirms to attackers that you hold an account with this service — which makes impersonation emails more believable.
How many people were affected by the Explore Talent (August 2024) breach?
Around 8,929,384 accounts were exposed, making it a large breach.
What should I do if I had a Explore Talent (August 2024) account?
Treat any message referencing this service with suspicion, and never act on links in unexpected emails. You can check whether your own email appears in this breach with a free Nullivo scan — no password required.
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