Monster.com Reports Theft of User Data

Malcontent · Jan 24, 2009

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158270/monstercom_reports_theft_of_user_data.html

Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database.

The break-in comes just as the swelling ranks of the unemployed are turning to sites like Monster.com to look for work.
The company disclosed on its Web site that it recently learned its database had been illegally accessed. Monster.com user IDs and passwords were stolen, along with names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, gender, ethnicity, and in some cases, users' states of residence. The information does not include Social Security numbers, which Monster.com said it doesn't collect, or resumes.

Monster.com posted the warning about the breach on Friday morning and does not plan to send e-mails to users about the issue, said Nikki Richardson, a Monster.com spokeswoman. The SANS Internet Storm Center also posted a note about the break-in on Friday.
USAJobs.com, the U.S. government Web site for federal jobs, is hosted by Monster.com and was also subject to the data theft. USAJobs.com also posted a warning about the breach.

Monster.com has been checking for misuse of the stolen information but hasn't yet found any, it said. It has made changes since discovering the break-in but won't discuss them because it doesn't discuss security procedures publicly and because it is still investigating the incident, Richardson said.
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beethoven · Jan 24, 2009

I may be mistaken but did they not have a similar incident a year ago. I remember logging in to the site (not having used it for years) and deleting all my private data. I did that thinking I don't need them anymore (or at least at the moment) but would have expected them to be twice as careful afterwards.

Carver · Jan 25, 2009

beethoven said:

I may be mistaken but did they not have a similar incident a year ago. I remember logging in to the site (not having used it for years) and deleting all my private data. I did that thinking I don't need them anymore (or at least at the moment) but would have expected them to be twice as careful afterwards.
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Yes Monster had a incident http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6956349.stm . It was only a mater of time till the next incident, that is a good reason to not put sensitive info on a website. But you did the right thing in erasing your account, but how can you be sure Monster doesn't have backups of your data.

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