Seven West and Bauer Media hit by PageUp People recruitment platform breach
Bauer and Seven West Media are among the victims of a security breach on an Australian recruitment platform that has seen job seekers’ personal details potentially compromised.
Melbourne-based HR service PageUp People has been debilitated after it detected ‘unauthorised activity’ on its network in late May. Since the announcement, large clients including Bauer, Seven West, Telstra and Coles have suspended their services with the company.
PageUp co-founder Karen Cariss: “Out of an abundance of caution, we suggest users change their password”
Last night, Bauer sent out messages to those whose data has been potentially compromised, warning they should change passwords and be wary of phishing attacks from fraudsters using the personal details taken from the system.
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Yep, got that email about 3 times, and literally had no idea:
1) What PageUp even was
2) Why they might have my details
3) What external tool I might have used that was connected to PageUp, and
4) Why their communication didn’t tell me any of this.
…although I got my email from Virgin Airlines and have no idea what their affiliation is or what purpose PageUp serve!
@Liz
PageUp is like a “mini-website” that you plug into your own overall site, specifically for job search, managing applications, interviews etc. The idea is that instead of having to create all this functionality yourself, you get something standard from them at a lower cost. Companies like Monster.com do the same for HR.
Funniest quote here being
“PageUp co-founder Karen Cariss: “Out of an abundance of caution, we suggest users change their password””
Ridiculous statement in that PageUp is installed separately on each site it works with, so you’d have to (a) remember all of the the jobs/companies you applied for where you forced to use their functionality, and (b) then visit all of them and go through the application you no longer trust. Presuming (c) you can still access it given “large clients including Bauer, Seven West, Telstra and Coles have suspended their services with the company.”
Every time I’m looking for a new job I find it incredibly tedious having to add my career and other details into these ugly, complicated interfaces that match what the company wants, for roles that often have a clunky automated “algorithm” that throws out 95% of people arbitrarily anyways.
And now as well as being a horrible user experience, it’s exposing your private data as well. Good one!
‘…some industry figures who claimed they had never applied for a job with the company.’
Possibly listed as a reference / referee for a someone who did apply for a role with the company, meaning email address would be in the company system.