RecruitIreland.com opened its doors after security breach exposed names and email addresses. Site aims to add 350 new users every day and mail a newsletter to 170,000 registered candidates. Some customers have received spam that tried to recruit mules to transfer funds in the name of swindlers, said Sophos. The company said only that the cause of the violation – probably an “error code” – had been identified and that the “particular problem has been solved” The breach came to light late on Tuesday and brought the site to be taken for about seven hours.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/02/hacked-irish-website-recruitirelandcom.html