Security Breach Affects Job-Hunting Sites
Monday, September 3, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Late last month the popular job-search website Monster.com was hit by a massive
security breach in which personal data for over 1 million customers was
reportedly stolen. The data was mostly e-mail addresses and home addresses
from the resumes posted on the site. The information was initially stolen
using accounts that were stolen from human resource personnel and job
recruiters.
Well now it's being reported that a federal job site, USAJobs.gov, which is run by Monster Technology was also affected by the security breach. Over 146,000 users of that site also had their personal information stolen which has been used by "phishers" to try and get even more detailed personal data from these users.
Both sites are warning users that they don't solicit personal information by e-mail, and that downloading software or tools is not required by them.
JRSCCivic98
Reply #2 Monday, September 3, 2007 9:17 PM
Reply #2 Monday, September 3, 2007 9:17 PM
Meanwhile no one is threatening legal action against Monster because of this. Brilliant!
Dark-Star
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:03 AM
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:03 AM
Yeah, I got an email from Monster last week letting me know they screwed up.. nice one!
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Reply #1 Monday, September 3, 2007 2:14 PM