Monster.com data breach disclosed
The job site Monster.com has recently announced its database has been breached, but the number of those affected is still unspecified. The site has however admited that the breachers accessed job seekers’ names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, log-in names and passwords.
“Immediately upon learning about this, Monster initiated an investigation and took corrective steps,” the company said in its statement quoted by SecurityFocus. “It is important to know the company continually monitors for any illicit use of information in our database, and so far, we have not detected the misuse of this information.
According to SecurityFocus, the Web site, run by New York-based Monster Worldwide, released very limited details on the breach. The however made a point in explaining that the intrusion did not compromise any Social Security numbers or personal financial details, as the company does not generally collect them. The Monster.com’s government client, USAJobs.com, has also been affected by this breach and immediatelly posted a notice.
This is not the first breach affecting the job seeking site. In August 2007 the company released information about a then discovered and terminated breach that affected 1.3 million users. Let’s hope the numbers are lower this time and that they’ll take better care for their database security in the future.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
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