The cybercriminals threaten to leak details of over 20,000 job applicants

Jul 16, 2013 09:51 GMT  ·  By

Rex Mundi hackers claim to have breached the systems of Habeas.be, a Belgian recruitment agency. They are threatening to leak a large number of records belonging to the site’s customers and job applicants unless the company pays them “a reasonable amount of money.”

The cybercrooks say they’ve downloaded Habeas.be’s entire database, including customer personal records and the information of over 20,000 job applicants.

“Those records include the personal details of each application covered along with confidential evaluations and test results,” the hackers stated.

“As always, we have offered Habeas a chance to prevent those records from being leaked. They have until next Thursday to pay us a very reasonable amount of money. If they fail to do so, the private lives of those applicants will be posted online for the whole world to see,” they added.

They’ve leaked some sample data to prove that they’ve gained access to the company’s systems.

In this case, the sample data consists of two applicant data records, some customer data, and details of website users.

The hackers highlight that the Belgian companies they’ve targeted don’t have proper IT security measures in place.

“JOB OFFER: Habeas.be is looking for an IT sec expert (m/f). Competitive salary and benefits. Extremely URGENT!” the hackers said jokingly on Twitter.

We’ve reached out to Habeas to hear their side of the story. The article will be updated if they respond to our inquiry.

Last week, Rex Mundi attempted to extort another Belgian company, the telecoms service provider Numericable. Moments ago, they revealed that the stolen Numericable data would be leaked on Wednesday, unless the company “reacts.”

On Friday, the extortionists leaked over 60,000 records stolen from Italian web hosting company Websolutions.it.

The data has been removed from Pastebin and Hastebin, but it was online long enough to allow users to make copies.