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Monster.com

Disclosed Aug 21, 20071,600,000 affectedUnverified

Trojan harvests 1.6 million entries from job site's resume database

A computer program used stolen log-in credentials to access the employer section of Monster.com; Symantec found a remote server holding more than 1.6 million entries of personal data on several hundred thousand job seekers.

What is known

People affected1,600,000 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedAug 21, 2007
AttackCredential stuffing
Data exposedNamesEmailsPhone numbersAddresses
SectorTech · US
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

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Added2026-09-25
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