This week, eFinancialCareers detected illegal access of their database which compromised eFinancialCareers users' information. eFinancialCareers believe that their registered users' names, email addresses, registered countries and encrypted passwords have been accessed. At this time, their forensic teams have implemented countermeasures and continue to investigate.

In a statement released by eFinancialCareers Managing Director, James Bennet he stated “We are not immune from illegal attempts to access and extract information, as is the case with many organizations which maintain large information databases. Although we constantly review and improve our security features, unfortunately on this occasion, some information was taken, for which we offer our full apology.”

Because email addresses were compromised, there is a possibility that eFinancialCareers members may receive unsolicited emails requesting further personal data, which could appear to come from eFinancialCareers. Please be on the alert for this type of email and inform eFinancialCareers at help@efinancialcareers.com if you receive anything suspicious.

Helpful advice on how to protect yourself from email scams is available on the homepage of their website. To help you determine whether communications from us are genuine, below is a list of things eFinancialCareers do not do:

eFinancialCareers do not ask for your personal financial information in an email, and never ask for bank account or credit card information to be sent via email.

eFinancialCareers do not send out emails with executable or compressed (zipped) files, or attachments other than PDF and Word documents.

eFinancialCareers will never ask for your password via phone or email. (You will only be required to enter your password when logging onto eFinancialCareers.com).

eFinancialCareers will never ask for your Social Security or National Insurance number.

Employer and recruiter enquiries from eFinancialCareers will never ask you to wire funds or accept payments for services.

As a precaution, the next time you access your eFinancialCareers account, you will be asked to reset your password.

eFinancialCareers are taking this attack seriously and have already put security measures into place to prevent further loss of data. eFinancialCareers will continue to review and improve their security features.

Source: efinancialcareers.com