Using Monster.com? Hope you have identity theft insurance!

[giza]

 

Seen on Slashdot: Monster.com attacked, user data stolen

The personal data of over a million job seekers was recently stolen from Monster, by way of using compromised recruiter accounts. The BBC has more coverage.

Symantec has a writeup on how this went down.

What's rather shocking is the way I found out, by reading this on Slashdot. Monster.com's press page says absolutely nothing on the matter. This is a concern to me since my personal data is in Monster from my last job hunt 1.5 years ago.

As for my comment about identity theft insurance, many companies, including Allstate, offer Identity Theft Insurance. For about $30 a year, you can be covered against expenses that you incur from identity theft, including attorney's fees, fees to reapply for loans, and lost wages. I think that's worth the cost if you have any sort of a decent credit rating.

Comments

[danruk.livejournal.com]

at this point .. they can steal my identity all they want, and 'inherit' my already staggering debt. ;)

[nidonocu.livejournal.com]

Did this effect just the US site or all countries? (I'm signed up on .co.uk)

[theottsel.livejournal.com]

Well fuck. Hope they don't get the upwards of 400 I sometimes have in my bank account.

But seriously not cool.

[wildw0lf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the additional Symantec info, as I didn't know about that. I'd heard this story too, and was amazed that something like this could happen. Hopefully, one didn't give them any credit card information, etc.