It's unclear if any unauthorized parties accessed the exposed data.
AdvertisementFowler on Monday published his security report indicating that Alltech left its database of job candidate information unsecured without a password.
That left the personal identifying information of about 216,000 tech job candidates exposed.
It's unclear why Alltech collected job seekers' Social Security or passport information.
Fowler said job candidates should be "skeptical" of recruiters who ask for personal information as a condition of applying for a job.
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