GB Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment 2010 Hacking (Q9539)
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A data breach risk event
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GB Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment 2010 Hacking
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A data breach risk event
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BF888119-7379-4ACC-B222-C05781AFA770
January 2010
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The personal details of 4.3 million job seekers may have been compromised in a concerted and sophisticated hack attack on Trinity Mirrors recruitment sites. According to Trinity Mirror, no actual CV details were exposed during the attack on sites such as Planet Recruit and JobSearch, even though the company believes email address and passwords may have been compromised. Our security systems have detected a concerted and sophisticated attempt to hack into user accounts on our technology platform, the company told job hunters by email. After completing our initial investigations we can confirm that no CV records or job application information were accessed. We do not know whether email addresses and passwords were taken, but we believe that unfortunately you should work on the basis that th (English)
