Hackers steal millions of IDs

Date: August 30, 2007
Source: PC WORLD


One week after hackers stole personal information from millions of people who had posted their resumes to the job-searching site Monster.com, the company has warned its users to be vigilant about online fraud because the breach was not an isolated incident.

In an e-mail message sent to users, Monster shared antifraud advice and pledged to improve its security practices through enhanced surveillance of site traffic and tighter access to the Web site.

Monster disclosed on Aug. 23 that it had discovered a data breach caused by hackers who posed as employers, then illegally downloaded the names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of 1.3 million job-seekers. The hackers then sent e-mail to the users in an attempt to collect their passwords to financial sites or to install viruses on their PCs.
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