Alam Rakamy: 100,000 customer records leaked on DarkForums

Overview

On September 26, 2024, DarkForums user Sudsyba17 shared a full CSV dump described as 100,000 customers of alamrakamy.com, an Egyptian newspaper operating in the custom software and IT services industry. The post includes an extensive column structure covering personal, employment and academic data.

What was published

The claimed columns include:

• Names, usernames, emails, phones and passwords
• National IDs, passports and parent SSN fields
• Addresses, cities, regions and nationalities
• Employment details: job titles, salaries, grades and decisions
• School and student fields, fingerprints and device tokens
• Meeting credentials and JWT/socket tokens

No sample rows were visible in the captured portion of the thread.

Risks for affected individuals

Egyptian customers or staff of the newspaper could be exposed to identity fraud, since national IDs, passports and addresses are combined. Password and token fields increase the risk of account takeover across services where credentials were reused.

What remains unknown

• Alam Rakamy has not publicly commented
• The download was not visible in the thread
• The authenticity of the claimed 100,000 records is not confirmed

What affected people should do

Anyone associated with alamrakamy.com should change passwords on the site and on any service using the same credentials. Monitoring for fraudulent use of national ID or passport data is recommended.