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Monster.com Attacked, User Data Stolen
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.'"
What the hell is the deal with saying that certain sites are "US sites", hello, the Internet is AMERICAN.....we invented it and 90%+ of content is AMERICAN. Just say that it is a recruitment site, if a British site was attacked then it would be okay to say "BRITISH SITE" but when you go out of your way to say "US SITE" then it becomes pretty clear that you have an un-American bias, this could be understood if this was a foreign site but this is AMERICA!! Stop watching Micheal Moore movies for a minute and submit your stories right.