《卫报》职业网站遭黑客攻击-凯发k8官网

computer ³ have targeted the ⁴ newspaper's jobs website in a "sophisticated and deliberate" move, the company has said.

英国《卫报》职业页面遭受电脑黑客“诡异的、深思熟虑”的攻击。

the incident is being investigated by the police

the ⁵ put the personal details of some of the site's users at risk, and those who may have been ⁶ have been identified and e-mailed.

the guardian said it had since been "assured" by the supplier that runs the site that the system was now secure.

officers from the ⁷ police's e-crime unit are investigating.

the guardian says its jobs site attracts more than two million unique users a month.

the company e-mailed those affected, saying: "you have used the site to make one or more job applications and we believe your personal data, relating to those applications, may have been accessed."

it said there was "no reason to believe" financial or ⁸ data was compromised（妥协，折衷）, but passed on police advice about taking precautions, such as contacting ⁹ and asking them to monitor users' accounts.

¹⁰ of the e-mail were also given the details of several organisations offering advice and services on identity fraud.

a guardian technology director said: "not all users are affected by any means."

'utmost seriousness'

but one user paul rocks said he was angry about what had happened.

"it's very disconcerting to think that some very important details with regards to my identity could be in the wrong hands. these include my past employment details, date of birth and my current address.

"i'm also annoyed that the responsibility for doing something about this seems to have been passed on to me."

mr rocks, 40, who is a freelance journalist in london, said the details a ² could have obtained would be enough for an identity thief to apply for a loan or credit card.

he has contacted his bank, who told him they would pass on a note of the incident to a credit reference agency.

the ¹ does not affect the separate us site, which is independent of the uk operation.

a subsequent statement on the jobs website said: "we would like to assure you that we are absolutely committed to protecting the privacy of our users and we are treating this situation with the utmost（极限的，最远的） seriousness."