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Site security notice: personal data was obtained from some profiles
Thread poster: Henry Dotterer
Henry Dotterer
Henry Dotterer
Local time: 19:26
SITE FOUNDER
Aug 6, 2009

Dear members and site guests,

I am opening a new thread to spread information that has already appeared in a prior thread.

It has been determined that certain ProZ.com user information -- including private data -- was accessed improperly by a site intruder in early June.

The following forms of data were accessed:

* Name
* Email address
* Postal address
* Phone number
* Login information (note that passwords are protected... See more
Dear members and site guests,

I am opening a new thread to spread information that has already appeared in a prior thread.

It has been determined that certain ProZ.com user information -- including private data -- was accessed improperly by a site intruder in early June.

The following forms of data were accessed:

* Name
* Email address
* Postal address
* Phone number
* Login information (note that passwords are protected by encryption)

The security breach became apparent after some ProZ.com users reported receiving unsolicited email from a website called outsourcingroom.com (or oroom.com). Others reported finding that their personal information had been used to create profiles at that site without their permission. An investigation was launched at that point.

ProZ.com staff members have since been working to take various technical measures to shore up security, while taking separate steps to get the unauthorized information now being published off the Internet.

As ProZ.com, we take our responsibility to protect your private data very seriously. I sincerely apologize for this breach and for any inconvenience caused to you. We will keep you informed as additional steps are taken to better serve you and protect your data.

For more information, see: http://www.proz.com/about/security
Ask specific questions via: http://www.proz.com/support
Change your password here: http://www.proz.com/?sp=new_password

This notice is now being sent by email to owners of affected profiles.

Henry
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