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Adecco data breach (2021)

In March 2021, news broke of a massive data breach impacting millions of Adecco customers in South America which was subsequently sold on a popular hacking forum.

Victim
Adecco
records
4.3M
SectorRetail

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2021-01-03, Adecco was affected by a data breach. Approximately 4,284,538 accounts were exposed. In March 2021, news broke of a massive data breach impacting millions of Adecco customers in South America which was subsequently sold on a popular hacking forum.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Adecco
  2. adecco.comhttps://adecco.com

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