Phishing Attack Plunders Job Site

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Phishing Attack Plunders Job Site

It is hard enough to keep scammers at bay without having job recruiters coughing up your personal information. Armed with personal info, crooks can create personalized "phishing" e-mails that people are more likely to fall for.

Before the scheme was uncovered last week by researchers at Symantec Corp., con artists had filched legitimate user names and passwords from recruiters who search for job candidates on Monster. Then with access into the Monster system, the hackers grabbed resumes and used information on those documents to craft personalized "phishing" e-mails to job seekers.