TrudVsem.ru 2017

In March 2017 the official Russian state employment portal TrudVsem operated by Rostrud suffered a data security incident. The incident involved the scraping of a database containing over 220 thousand user records. The exposed data includes personal information from resumes and job seeker profiles. This portal is a federal state information system designed to help citizens find work and employers find staff. The leak highlights risks associated with automated data harvesting from government job boards where sensitive personal details are publicly or semi-publicly accessible for recruitment purposes.