Millions hit by Monster site hack

So even job site is no exclusion for Hackers, you might have come across spams & phishing sites but accessing the confidential information from a website is nothing you can do rather change your details in order to secure your data.

Monster.com site had this problem of hacking the confidential details of more than 1.3 million people, mainly Americans, were stolen by malicious hackers who carried out the attack.  It said that servers in the Ukraine and hijacked home computers were used to mount the attack.

So what thieves took with them, names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of Monster.com users.  If you have already stored the bank account details on that site ensure to keep a close watch on your account for next 3 months atleast. The jobs portal said it managed to shut down the rogue servers used in the attack on 21 August after contacting the Ukranian company hosting them.

The vast majority of those affected by the attack are based in the US. Monster estimates that less than 5,000 people outside the US had their details pinched in the attack. Monster said it had more than 73 million CVs in its database

 

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