Heads up: Monster.com data loss

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BrowneIssue replied

26 January 2009, 06:58
Originally posted by s2budd View Post

Monster.com has lost personal data.

"Lost"? They give it away.

As soon as I registered with them a couple of years ago, the tailored spam started at the email address I gave.

Monster has a reputation for hosting the CV-tailoring, careers-advice and other parasites that prey on job-seekers. It must be how Monster makes their money, cos the job ads are pants.

Quite what the difference is between these parasites trawling every uploaded CV (which they do) and someone being able to see what you've registered with them, is that the hacker is only one individual / organisation and is likely to do less harm!

Anyway, that's what comes of storing your personal data on servers hosted outside the EU - where there are no privacy laws to protect you and no incentive for the hosts to care.
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s2budd started a topic Heads up: Monster.com data loss

26 January 2009, 05:57
Heads up: Monster.com data loss

Monster.com has lost personal data.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01...curity_breach/

"23 January, 2009
Alert: An important security message from Monster."
http://help.monster.co.uk/besafe/jobseeker/index.asp

I only registered last week. I know the site is p@nts and not as good at Jobserve but this loss of person data is just unforgivable. Do they not do security there? This sort of thing does pIss me off.

I'm de-registering but wish that I had not registered last week in the first place.

Last edited by s2budd; 26 January 2009, 07:16.
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