Hackers 'break into' world's largest jobs site!

[Anindya]

London: Hackers have attacked the world's largest online recruiter and stolen the personal details of thousands of jobseekers thereby exposing them to the risk of blackmail, a security firm has said.

Posing as would-be employers who routinely scour the site for prospective workers, the hackers used a computer programme to access 'Monster.com' and steal users' log-in details, said Symantec, the online security firm which discovered the breach.

In a warning published on its website, Symantec said the logins were used to "harvest user names, e-mail addresses, home addresses and phone numbers, which were uploaded to a remote web server."

"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," said Symantec.

Having stolen the information, the hackers have reportedly e-mailed the victims claiming to have infected their computers with a virus and threatening to delete files unless demands for payment were met.
"We're still investigating. We don't yet know how this information was obtained, other than that it was downloaded using the login details of legitimate customers of ours," Monster.com's Vice-President for Fraud Prevention Patrick W Manzo told London's Times newspaper.

"It seems likely it was done over a period of time, because we would have noticed such a vast quantity of details being taken all in one go," he was quoted as saying.

However, a statement from the company said that it would "take all necessary steps to mitigate the issue, including terminating any account used for illegitimate purposes."

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[fun2sh]

but i still dont get that wat will they get

[W i d e S c r e e N]

there are many possibilities

[gary4gar]

Now the site is back up & running

[Charan]

Originally Posted by fun2sh

but i still dont get that wat will they get

Spamers are scammers now. I read in the news paper recently that a bangalore doctor got a mail stating that she was selected for a higher post in a hospital at England, Later they asked for some money to be transfered as a insurance fee.. she sent the stated money ( I think it was $700+ ) , later to realise it was a fake.

Now considering how many resumes/contact that spammer got from monster.com .. he can easily send many fake job openings to members of monster and if any one falls in this trap,the spammer can then ask for a insurance fee or something like that and then flee with the money.

I have have used monster and other job sites ( as a recruiter ). you cannot immagine how much data is available there.

[BBThumbHealer]

Read this news in the newspaper ! ...

[Anindya]

Originally Posted by charangk

Spamers are scammers now. I read in the news paper recently that a bangalore doctor got a mail stating that she was selected for a higher post in a hospital at England, Later they asked for some money to be transfered as a insurance fee.. she sent the stated money ( I think it was $700+ ) , later to realise it was a fake.

Now considering how many resumes/contact that spammer got from monster.com .. he can easily send many fake job openings to members of monster and if any one falls in this trap,the spammer can then ask for a insurance fee or something like that and then flee with the money.

I have have used monster and other job sites ( as a recruiter ). you cannot immagine how much data is available there.

Good reason. I think this is why they did it. But buddy tell me something that cant the cops find the culprits by tracing the money transfer channel? By following to whom the money went ultimately?

[sivarap]

Originally Posted by Anindya

Good reason. I think this is why they did it. But buddy tell me something that cant the cops find the culprits by tracing the money transfer channel? By following to whom the money went ultimately?

Thats where the swiss accounts come into play. Swiss banks' main poilcy is privacy to the customer. so nothing can be done unless the matter is really serious.

[Charan]

Originally Posted by Anindya

Good reason. I think this is why they did it. But buddy tell me something that cant the cops find the culprits by tracing the money transfer channel? By following to whom the money went ultimately?

I belive that if spammers can plan to bluff a person then they would have definitely planed on how to transfer the money without a trace.

[ax3]

holy wackoroony ..........


imp info, these sites have ...........

[mustang]

This is really a serious matter,after stolen of personal details of job seekers,they feels now very uncomfortable,using their details hackers will be mis use it in different illegal ways & gives so many problems to the job seekers.
It also shows the companies levels of privacy & shows the security levels What the companies will gives against their details.

[24online]

its not new.....
As new IT technologies comes, new hacking/cracking techniques develop simult....there is no stop in hacking/cracking.....