Monster Hacked Again

Last Friday job site Monster announced that it had been the victim of another hacking attack, the third time it’s been hit in three years. In a statement on its site, company Senior Vice President and Global Chief Privacy Officer Patrick Manzo announced:

“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. Monster does not generally collect – and the accessed information does not include – sensitive data such as social security numbers or personal financial data. Neither resume nor customer transactional data were compromised.”

“In order to help assure the security of the database, you may soon be required to change your password upon logging in or upon notification by one of Monster’s customer service representatives. We would also recommend you proactively change your password yourself as an added precaution. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, but feel it is important that you take these preventative measures.”

In 2007 details of over a million Monster users were downloaded to Ukraine-based servers, while last year users were victims of a widespread phishing scam.