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10-26-09, 11:58 AM
If you have used the Guardian Jobs website to advertise your availability in the workplace in the past couple of years, you might have received an email from the media giant over the weekend, informing you that your details could have been exposed by what's been described as a 'sophisticated and deliberate hack'.
According to The Guardian, 500,000 accounts registered with the Jobs website have been compromised by hackers, with data including names, email addresses, covering letters and CVs all exposed. However, it could have been much worse. The Gurdian claims some of the data was two years old and as it added in a statement: 'We have no reason to believe that any financial or bank data was compromised.' The site has now been secured, with steps taken to prevent a recurrence and as we write, it is available to use.
How was this 'sophisticated' scam pulled off? No-one is saying right now. According to the Guardian, the hack was stopped before it was completed, with the Metropolitan Police's e-crime unit now investigating the incident. The Guardian claims the police have asked it not to reveal how the hack was accomplished - for obvious reasons.
'The police remain anxious to keep information about the apparent theft to a minimum, in order not to compromise their investigations, but did agree with us that we could inform those users who may be affected,' the company stated.
'We stress our regret that this breach has occurred. This is apparently a deliberate and sophisticated crime, of which the Guardian is a victim in addition to some of our users.'
T3.com
According to The Guardian, 500,000 accounts registered with the Jobs website have been compromised by hackers, with data including names, email addresses, covering letters and CVs all exposed. However, it could have been much worse. The Gurdian claims some of the data was two years old and as it added in a statement: 'We have no reason to believe that any financial or bank data was compromised.' The site has now been secured, with steps taken to prevent a recurrence and as we write, it is available to use.
How was this 'sophisticated' scam pulled off? No-one is saying right now. According to the Guardian, the hack was stopped before it was completed, with the Metropolitan Police's e-crime unit now investigating the incident. The Guardian claims the police have asked it not to reveal how the hack was accomplished - for obvious reasons.
'The police remain anxious to keep information about the apparent theft to a minimum, in order not to compromise their investigations, but did agree with us that we could inform those users who may be affected,' the company stated.
'We stress our regret that this breach has occurred. This is apparently a deliberate and sophisticated crime, of which the Guardian is a victim in addition to some of our users.'
T3.com