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Job applicants worried as hundreds of thousands of CVs exposed online
"I am worried about the fact that my address is out there and my phone number," an affected person told Sky News.
Rowland Manthorpe
Rowland Manthorpe
Technology correspondent @rowlsmanthorpe
Wednesday 16 October 2019 16:20, UK
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OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 02: A job listing board hangs at the East Bay Career Center February 2, 2006 in Oakland, California. According to a government report, U.S. unemployment benefits claims dropped to about 273,000 last week, sending a four-week average of claims to the lowest level in nearly six years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Hundreds of thousands of job seekers have been exposed
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Two online recruitment firms have exposed more than 200,000 CVs, revealing job-hunters' names, addresses, phone numbers and career histories to potential cyber criminals, Sky News can reveal.
Authentic Jobs, a US-based jobs board used by companies including the New York Times and accounting firm EY made 221,130 CVs publicly accessible.
Sonic Jobs, a UK retail and restaurant jobs app used by the Marriott and InterContinental hotel chains, exposed 29,202 CVs. The total numbers may be higher as the service used to detect the leaks only refreshes irregularly.
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Sonicjobs has exposed thousand of applicants' CVs
Both firms exposed the CVs through their cloud storage service, which stores data in servers connected to the internet.
The firms made the settings on their "buckets" - cloud storage folders provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the biggest cloud service in the world - public.
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This meant that when someone applied for a job their CV was available for anyone who knew the location of the bucket to see and download.
Student Akilah Elder, who used Sonic Jobs to find part-time work, had her CV exposed. "I am worried about the fact that my address is out there and my phone number," she told Sky News.
"I am worried about the fact that my address is out there and my phone number," an affected person told Sky News.
Rowland Manthorpe
Rowland Manthorpe
Technology correspondent @rowlsmanthorpe
Wednesday 16 October 2019 16:20, UK
AMAZON
OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 02: A job listing board hangs at the East Bay Career Center February 2, 2006 in Oakland, California. According to a government report, U.S. unemployment benefits claims dropped to about 273,000 last week, sending a four-week average of claims to the lowest level in nearly six years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Hundreds of thousands of job seekers have been exposed
Why you can trust Sky News
Two online recruitment firms have exposed more than 200,000 CVs, revealing job-hunters' names, addresses, phone numbers and career histories to potential cyber criminals, Sky News can reveal.
Authentic Jobs, a US-based jobs board used by companies including the New York Times and accounting firm EY made 221,130 CVs publicly accessible.
Sonic Jobs, a UK retail and restaurant jobs app used by the Marriott and InterContinental hotel chains, exposed 29,202 CVs. The total numbers may be higher as the service used to detect the leaks only refreshes irregularly.
Image:
Sonicjobs has exposed thousand of applicants' CVs
Both firms exposed the CVs through their cloud storage service, which stores data in servers connected to the internet.
The firms made the settings on their "buckets" - cloud storage folders provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the biggest cloud service in the world - public.
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This meant that when someone applied for a job their CV was available for anyone who knew the location of the bucket to see and download.
Student Akilah Elder, who used Sonic Jobs to find part-time work, had her CV exposed. "I am worried about the fact that my address is out there and my phone number," she told Sky News.
