[pchelpers] News:Monster attack steals user data

US job website Monster.com has suffered an online attack with the 
personal data of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, says a security 
firm.

A computer program was used to access the employers' section of the 
website using stolen log-in credentials.


Symantec said the log-ins were used to harvest user names, e-mail 
addresses, home addresses and phone numbers, which were uploaded to a 
remote web server.


The stolen data could be used to send phishing and spam e-mails.



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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6956349.stm

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