User data stolen from job site Monster
User information, including passwords, has been stolen from job site Monster, the company has announced.
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Monster)
Monster's database of user account information--which includes user IDs, passwords, e-mail addresses, names, phone numbers, and some demographic data--was illegally accessed and information was taken, the company said on Friday.
The information that was stolen did not include resumes or sensitive information like Social Security numbers and financial data. But someone could use the data that was breached to contact Monster users and use social engineering to trick them out of their information.
Monster is urging its users to visit the site and change their password. As a matter of policy, Monster does not send unsolicited e-mail asking users to confirm usernames and passwords or to download anything.
Job sites are a likely target during an economic downturn, security firm AppRiver said in a recent report on spam and other Internet security threats.
More information on security tips is available on the Monster security Web page.
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. 
BTW: Did ya'll know that http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/ is "powered" by Monster???? OOOOh, YES!!!!! ANY one who has there info there is also a victim. I know because I had my info on usajobs at one time....until I got the notification letter from them that my personal info had been compromised and why.
>>>ANY one who has there info there is also a victim.<<<
SHOULD read:
>>>ANY one who has *their* info there is also a victim.<<<
USAJOBS - Security Alert
http://www.usajobs.gov/securityNotice.asp
- by chili_picante January 28, 2009 7:37 AM PST
- Hey, Monster: Why am I reading about this at CNet, instead of getting a notice from you about the breach! Does anyone know if all usernames and passwords were exposed, or just some?
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