Hackers steal personal info from Monster

Job seekers targeted in big data theft

Hackers steal personal info from Monster

27 January 2009 9:18 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

In one of the biggest cases of data theft, hackers have stolen the personal data of millions of job hunters from Monster.co.uk.

The information, that includes user names, passwords, telephone numbers and email addresses, could have been stolen from as many as 4.5 million users of the job seeking site.

The site says: "Monster is the target of illegal attempts to access and extract information from its database. We recently learned our database was illegally accessed and certain contact and account data were taken, including Monster user IDs and passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and some basic demographic data".

Although the information is not said to include personal financial data, the theft could put many who use the same user names and passwords on other sites at risk.

Monster.co.uk has issued a statement saying it has warned its users, launched an investigation and has now taken "corrective steps".

Related
Full tags
Biz
UK Shopping
Amazon.co.uk, play.com, pixmania.co.uk, Currys.co.uk, Dixons.co.uk, 7dayshop.com, ebay.co.uk
US Shopping
Amazon.com, bestbuy.com, ebay.com

share Subscribe to RSS feeds email story save story print story pdf

Comments

(Will not be published)

  (Next time sign in to bypass captcha)

Latest in Biz

Latest on Pocket-lint

Top 10 Broadband

Compare 50+
broadband packages

Home Broadband »

Pocket-lint poll

Q. Do you use the same password for everything?

Vote YES Vote NO

» LAST TIME
When asked Do you check emails, twitter or surf the internet in the loo? 65% said yes and 35% said no

About Pocket-lint

Pocket-lint is your one stop shop for gadgets, technology and consumer electronics, bringing you the low-down on the latest televisions, cameras, phones, GPS and much more. Whether it's learning about what's hot in the world of Apple, finding out about the latest home cinema kit from Samsung and Sony or merely seeing what not to buy, we have you covered. So check out our reviews, news, comment, hands-on photo galleries and videos. Enjoy.

Top products

tip us on news

reviews hub

Rss feed

Follow us on Twitter