[Sigia-l] Practical question for Monster users

[Ray Sharma]

Alas unless it affects a company's bottom line and their paying client base
I forsee many more breaches like this and little recourse.

Many people put their data and information in the hands of others online
with little clue of what will be done with that information or how securely
it is held. With more free services popping up from Google Apps to social
applications many companies (not just individuals) do not look at the
possible risks in doing so.

>From this article
http://www.scmagazine.com/asia/news/article/419817/cyberliability-turning-sp
otlight-internal-security/ it implies Monster could be in breach of the UK
Data Protection Act.

Ray



Ziya wrote:
 
Is this limited to services like Monster.com? Apparently not:

People post photos of themselves and their families, talk about their jobs,
hobbies, religious beliefs and provide other information valuable to
criminals out to make a buck.

That's enough information to help a criminal concoct a convincing story to
persuade somebody to let their guard down.

"It would be child's play to social engineer at least 40 percent of the
people on MySpace," Abrams said.