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Finally, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Monster Worldwide disclosed that CFO of global operations Chris Power has resigned.

In March 2005, the company promoted Power, previously CFO of the Monster division, to the newly created position of CFO Global Operations.

Monster, which has seen a management upheaval recently, did not disclose Power’s reasons for leaving the company.

Last month, Monster announced it would cut 800 jobs after reporting second-quarter profits fell 28%.

Monster’s Data Theft Probe Widens

In other Monster news, a security analyst at Symantec Corp. reported that a newly discovered data theft may be bigger than previously thought.

Symantec says a virus known as “Infostealer.Monstres” may have stolen more than 1.6 million records belonging to several hundred thousand people on Monster.com, ComputerWorld reported.

According to the Symantec research, the attackers allegedly gather personal information from resumes posted to Monster.com and then try to infect the computers of those candidates by sending targeted Monster.com phishing mails.

A Monster spokesman told ComputerWorld that the company is investigating the reports and would terminate all “unusual access” to the website.

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Read more on recent Monster news:

1. Monster lays off 800 employees
2. Monster Europe: Management Changes
3. Monster Germany: Job ads for internships have to be paid for

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