Monster.com - Personal data theft

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“Monster.com suffered a major data breach at the weekend, with a Trojan horse stealing more than 1.6 million records from the job search site’s database.”

“Adding to the mess, Trojan.Gpcoder.E has reportedly been sent in Monster.com phishing emails. The emails use the personal information to fool users into downloading a Monster Job Seeker Tool, which is in reality, Trojan.Gpscoder.E.”

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https://forums.symantec.com/t5/Vulnerabilities-Exploits/A-Monster-Trojan/ba-p/305529;jsessionid=2DEAE0C759B3BFEA075DE2DC9AD4B333#A112

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Well that sucks. Thanks for the update, to let people know.

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I changed my password a couple days ago and I recommend everyone else do the same. Some info is already in the wind, but I want to protect anything new that I add.