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Jan29No Comments
The personal information of millions of job applicants have been stolen in the biggest data theft in Britain. Hackers had managed to gain access to sensitive details provided by 4.5 million job seekers to Monster.co.uk, the online employment website. People’s Names, passwords, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, birth dates, sex and ethnic background information data as well as other “demographic information,” were stolen, the company disclosed It is the most widespread violation of confidential information since the UK tax and customs authority lost the details of 25 million child-benefit recipients in 2007.
The people affected are mainly professional personnel who are looking for work during the economic downturn. Registrations at the website, which allows employers to browse thousands of resumes on the web, have surged as layoffs have increased. “It’s a horrendous breach,” said Graham Cluley, of Sophos, an IT security firm. “The information they have can be used to cause all kinds of mischief.”
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Dec24No Comments
A Canadian small-business owner discovered that a hacker broke into his company’s phone voice-mail system and placed hundreds of calls to Bulgaria, costing him $43,000. Alan Davison, owner of HUB Computer Solutions in Winnipeg, ironically offers security products and solutions. However, the only barrier for the hacker was a 4-digit password. Once in, the hacker needed to only use the outbound-transfer feature to place calls overseas.
Davison now is asking Manitoba Telecom Services for a discount on the bill, but the phone company says that since HUB owned all its internal phone-networking equipment, the small business may be liable for the whole thing. Davidson is saying he might have to lay off at least one of his employees to afford this bill. The phone company admitted that they do not believe Davidson made the calls, but they are not in the position to monitor everyone’s usage of the phone system.
