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04 February 2009
Monster.com is Latest Data Breach Victim
Tuesday January 27, 2009
Monster.com, the popular job-searching web site, has reported that attackers were able to compromise the Monster.com database and gain access to user information. With the job market in a freefall and tens of thousands more job cuts announced just this week, I am sure usage of sites like Monster.com are skyrocketing. According to this PC World article about the breach, "Monster.com user IDs and passwords were stolen, along with names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, gender, ethnicity, and in some cases, users' states of residence." Apparently since no credit card or social security number information was stolen, Monster.com is not subject to the same sort of disclosure laws as other data breach victims like TJX or Heartland Payment Systems.
The announcement from Monster.com is short on details, ostensibly because they are still investigating. They have not discovered any attempts to use or exploit the stolen data, but they have also not announced the number of affected users and they have implemented modified or additional security controls. Monster.com states in their alert message about the breach that they have no intention of sending emails to affected users or doing anything more than posting the announcement.
The PC World article states that Monster.com "advised users to change their passwords and reminded them to ignore e-mails they may get that purport to be from the company and that ask for password information or instruct the user to download anything."
Quoted from: http://netsecurity.about.com/
Monster.com, the popular job-searching web site, has reported that attackers were able to compromise the Monster.com database and gain access to user information. With the job market in a freefall and tens of thousands more job cuts announced just this week, I am sure usage of sites like Monster.com are skyrocketing. According to this PC World article about the breach, "Monster.com user IDs and passwords were stolen, along with names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, gender, ethnicity, and in some cases, users' states of residence." Apparently since no credit card or social security number information was stolen, Monster.com is not subject to the same sort of disclosure laws as other data breach victims like TJX or Heartland Payment Systems.
The announcement from Monster.com is short on details, ostensibly because they are still investigating. They have not discovered any attempts to use or exploit the stolen data, but they have also not announced the number of affected users and they have implemented modified or additional security controls. Monster.com states in their alert message about the breach that they have no intention of sending emails to affected users or doing anything more than posting the announcement.
The PC World article states that Monster.com "advised users to change their passwords and reminded them to ignore e-mails they may get that purport to be from the company and that ask for password information or instruct the user to download anything."
Quoted from: http://netsecurity.about.com/
03 February 2009
Super Bowl Game Interrupted by Porn
In Tucson, GoDaddy didn't produce the most offensive half-minute of Super Bowl air time. Not even close.
After Larry Fitzgerald scored Sunday to put the Cardinals ahead late in the fourth quarter, Comcast Cable's subscribers saw the feed switch from local NBC affiliate KVOA to a pornographic film for about 30 seconds. According to reports, shocked viewers saw full male frontal nudity and heard outrageous dialogue from adult cable channel Club Jenna.
Those watching on satellite or other cable companies were unaffected. A Comcast spokeswoman told the Associated Press the company was "mortified." Jennifer Khoury also said, "Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act."
Which, if true, would make it possibly the greatest prank in the history of pranks. And probably a felony, too.
02 February 2009
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