[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f26ot3q1gp9ee9":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":13,"source":14,"sourceUrl":15,"sourceUrls":16,"pwnCount":17,"affectedCount":17,"affectedCountStatus":18,"affectedCountLowerBound":19,"affectedCountUnit":20,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":21,"dataClasses":22,"description":29,"seoTitle":10,"seoTitleEn":30,"seoDescription":10,"seoDescriptionEn":31,"logoUrl":32,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":33,"isSpamList":33,"isMalware":33,"company":34},"68e3266eda11adda48825433","YouveBeenScraped","You've Been Scraped Data Breach","youve-been-scraped","","2018-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","2018-12-06T19:11:27.000Z","2026-07-19T00:02:01.269Z","Verified breach record","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bleepingcomputer.com\u002Fnews\u002Fsecurity\u002Funprotected-mongodb-exposes-scraped-profile-data-of-66-million\u002F",[15],66147869,"known",null,"unknown","Critical",[23,24,25,26,27,28],"Email addresses","Employers","Geographic locations","Job titles","Names","Social media profiles","\u003Cp>The 'You've Been Scraped' data breach is a large-scale professional profile data leak detected in October 2018, affecting 66,147,869 accounts. In the incident, a data collection set, whose owner could not be definitively identified, was exposed; email addresses, employer information, location data, job titles, names, and social media profile links became at risk. Since password, payment card, official ID number, or financial account fields are not among the verified data classes, the content shown to the user does not go beyond this boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This incident does not connect to a single domain name or a website with a user account in the conventional sense. The main risk arises from the fact that professional profile data has been collected, combined, and left unsecured; this allows the reading of individuals' work identity, job information, email addresses, and social profile links together. This combination creates a strong foundation for targeted phishing, fake recruitment, fraudulent supplier contact, and work-focused social engineering attempts, even if it does not directly include passwords.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Leaking Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Verified data classes are email addresses, employers, geographic locations, job titles, names, and social media profiles. If a personal email can be linked to a work email for the same person, attackers can understand which organization the person is associated with, what role they work in, and which profiles can be accessed. The presence of these fields together poses a higher targeting risk than general spam; because the message content can be personalized according to the role, company, location, and professional background.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since the password field was not verified, this incident should not be directly considered as an account takeover list. Nevertheless, the risk increases when the email address, employer, title, and social profile information are matched with passwords or phone data from other leaks. Users who use their work account with the same email format as personal accounts, have detailed internal job information on their profile, or keep work connections public may encounter more convincing phishing messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The scope is limited to the incident dated October 5, 2018, and 66,147,869 affected accounts. Since the owner of the dataset could not be verified, the domain field is left blank and the incident is not presented as a direct system breach of a specific company. The obtained fields are similar in nature to data compiled from professional social network profiles; therefore, the description focuses on verified data fields and user impact instead of unconfirmed brand references.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Passwords, payment information, official ID, date of birth, or health data are not added to the verified list. While the employer, job title, and social profile link alone do not pose as visible a risk as financial data, they are persistent information that can be used to identify and target an individual. Therefore, the record is not marked as sensitive, but it is considered a high-impact leak in terms of professional identity and targeted fraud.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The main group at risk consists of users whose work or personal email addresses appear along with professional profile information. For individuals working in human resources, sales, finance, management, procurement, media relations, and technical teams, such information can make it easier for an attacker to establish a reassuring initial contact. When the same person's employer name, job title, and social profile link appear together, a fake meeting invitation, offer, invoice, contract, or recruitment message can appear more convincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>From the perspective of organizations, risk is not limited to the individual user's mailbox. Exposed professional profile data can also be used to estimate internal role distribution, select supply chain contacts, or generate messages impersonating senior employees. Therefore, while affected individuals protect their own accounts, corporate security teams should also handle unusual links, files, and payment requests coming to work emails more carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Affected users should first check the session history, forwarding rules, recovery addresses, and unexpected security notifications in their work and personal email accounts. Passwords used with the same email address on different services should be made unique, and multi-factor authentication should be enabled wherever possible. Even if the password is not among the verified fields of this incident, if the same email has appeared in previous leaks, it could be used along with account takeover attempts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Documents coming from job title or employer information such as review, payment approval, human resources form, fake meeting invitation, and profile update messages should be confirmed through a secondary channel. Public fields on social profiles such as email, phone, birthday, work history, and connection list should be reduced; connection requests from unknown individuals should be carefully examined. Individuals using the organization account should report suspicious messages to the security team and should not open additional files directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Since permanent professional profile data cannot be recovered, long-term protection should be based on reducing visibility and keeping accounts separate. Users should not use their work email for personal subscriptions, should limit unnecessary contact information on social profiles, and should close old accounts. Password managers, unique passwords, multi-factor authentication, and regular account security checks are the basic defense against combining such data sets with other attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Organizations should regularly review how much employee role information is visible on publicly accessible surfaces, keep awareness training against fake recruitment and supplier messages up to date, and use an additional approval process for high-risk tasks. When email security, domain verification records, phishing reporting channels, and supplier payment change controls are strengthened, the impact of attacks fueled by professional profile data is significantly reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>If the user sees a match, they should evaluate separately which data fields are visible: email address for communication and password attempts, employer and title for fake job messages, and location and social profile links can be used for identity association. The priority order should be: securing the email account, changing reused passwords, reducing social profile visibility, and verifying suspicious job-focused messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The You've Been Scraped incident, although not a classic password leak, is a large-scale data breach that makes professional identity visible. When a person's name, work information, and social profile link are found together, it becomes easier for an attacker to generate messages that appear trustworthy. Therefore, affected users should focus not only on password security but also on work communication, profile privacy, social engineering warnings, and corporate verification steps.\u003C\u002Fp>","You've Been Scraped Data Breach (66.1 Million Reported Records)","You've Been Scraped Data Breach. 66.1 Million reported records were reported. Reported data: Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations. Review the…","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Fyouve_been_scraped.webp",false,{"name":35,"sector":36,"country":37,"website":10,"websiteArchiveUrl":10,"websiteStatus":10,"websiteCheckedAt":19},"You've Been Scraped","Professional profile data and data aggregation","Global"]