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Monster.com Attacked, User Data Stolen

Posted by Zonk on from the rarr-snarl dept.

Placid writes "The BBC has an article detailing a successful attack on the US recruitment site, Monster.com. According to the article, 'A computer program was used to access the employers' section of the website using stolen log-in credentials' and that the stolen details were 'uploaded to a remote web server'. Apparently, this remote server 'held over 1.6 million entries with personal information belonging to several hundred thousands of candidates, mainly based in the US, who had posted their resumes to the Monster.com website'. The article also links the break-in to a phishing e-mail sent out recently where personal details were used to entice users to download a 'Monster Job Seeker Tool.'"

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  1. Tomorrow's Ad today by JonTurner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wanted:
    New sysadmin. Must have experience in data security. Submit resume to adminjob@monster.com

    1. Re:Tomorrow's Ad today by high_rolla · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, followed by the new marketing campaign: "Nobody else makes it this easy for your details to reach more employers"

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  2. Phishing Attack by grahamux · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, every time I get an email telling me my Bank of America account is going to be frozen, and should go to http://myaccounts-bankofamerica.net/ I always ask myself "Who actually falls for this stuff?". Now, I know. The people I look to for jobs. /cheer

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    1. Re:Phishing Attack by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

      What, you needed more evidence that your (potential) boss is an idiot?

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  3. Hehe by JimboFBX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last year, a British nurse was blackmailed by hackers who had used a Trojan to access her personal e-mails. I'll let you guys stew on how ambiguiously funny that sentence is.
  4. cue sound: by doyoulikeworms · · Score: 5, Funny

    M-M-M-Monster Kill (...kill...kill...kill...kill...)

  5. Copied, not stolen by Meneth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously, if even Slashdot can't use the word properly, how can we ever expect the MAFIAA to learn?

  6. Best headline ever by FrostedWheat · · Score: 5, Funny

    This story has the best headline I've seen on the BBC in a long time:

    Monster attack steals user data

    Ruh-roh! Someone call the Scooby Gang!

  7. Re:Porn by clickclickdrone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know this will get modded down but...
    >thousands of minutes of erotic movies
    TIP: say hundreds of *hours*. Saying minutes really implies your target audience don't umm, last very long IYSWIM. Not good marketing to insult them up front.

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  8. Re:"US recruitment site"?? by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody speaks the English which was spoken when America was colonized.
    Sir, you are quite mistaken, and if you persist in perpetuating these fallacious fripperies I shall be honour bound to demand that you perambulate into my vicinity and repeat them, on pain of fisticuffs. Good day!
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  9. Re:Blame the data security officers & project by ari+wins · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the best thing that occurs from all this is we, on the sidelines, learn from their mistakes.

    I'd love to, but then I'd actually have to RTFA, and I don't have time today. I have to get a copy of my birth certificate and a visa, so I can help out my new Nigerian friend with a lucrative situation.

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