Career levels leaked: what it means and what to do
Risk level: low. Can you change it: no. Found in 1 breaches in this directory.
What this data is
A seniority band stored by recruitment sites, professional networks and business marketing lists, such as entry level, manager, director or executive.
The risk on its own
Low risk on its own. A seniority label cannot log in to anything or prove who you are. For many people it is already on a public professional profile.
The risk combined with other data
With your name, employer and work email it becomes a targeting filter for business email compromise. Senior staff can approve payments and have assistants who act on their instructions, so criminals pick them out. Junior staff are targeted differently, with fake job offers and fake instructions that appear to come from a senior manager.
How criminals use it
An email that appears to come from your chief executive asks you, as a finance manager, to pay an urgent invoice to a new account.
Executives receive tailored phishing about board papers, legal matters or share sales because the list flagged them as senior.
A fake recruiter offers a role matched to your seniority and asks for your ID and bank details for onboarding before any interview.
What to do now
If you can approve payments, insist on a callback to a number you already hold before any change to bank details or any urgent transfer.
Tell your IT or security team the breach included seniority data so they can watch for impersonation of senior staff.
Verify recruiters through the company's own careers page, and never send ID or bank details before a real contract exists.
Review what your professional profile shows publicly, and hide your email address and connections list from people outside your network.
Frequently asked questions
Is my job seniority sensitive information?
Not on its own. It matters because it tells criminals who can authorise payments or reach valuable systems.
What is business email compromise?
A scam where criminals impersonate a boss, supplier or colleague by email to get money sent or data handed over. Knowing who is senior makes those emails more convincing.
Should I remove my title from LinkedIn?
You do not have to. Limit who can see your contact details, and treat urgent requests that seem to come from executives with a callback check.
Breach data sourced from Have I Been Pwned, used under CC BY 4.0. Additional breach metadata provided by XposedOrNot. DataExposed is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.