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Monster.com's Database Breached, Leaking Job-Seekers' Personal Info

by Tim Stevens on January 26, 2009 at 12:10 PM



It was about 18 months ago that Monster.com's databases were hacked, compromising the personal information of roughly 1.2 million registrants (most of whom had signed up looking for a job, not for a new way to have their phone numbers stolen0. The job-seeker's site, of course, pledged to fix the hole right away, but, sadly, didn't do a particularly good job of it, as we're hearing that the company has been breached again. At least this time, Monster.com is being proactive and has made news of the breach public from the get-go.

The company has indicated that the database containing its millions of registrants' personal information has been compromised, leaving their private info swinging in the cold. Names, birth dates, phone numbers and other information have all been accessed, and, while it's unclear just how many accounts were accessed illegally, it could possibly be all of them.

While the folks at Monster.com are being somewhat forthcoming about the leak in general, they still aren't actually e-mailing individual users to tell them about it, meaning, as usual, it's up to you to keep an eye on your credit report. [From: The Register]

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