News Digital Media's CareerOne online employment website has launched an internal investigation into how confidential client information accidentally become publicly accessible on the internet.

The material is part of CareerOne's customer relationship management database, described by the company as "old client information".

The details include comments about clients made by CareerOne account executives, some of which are highly unflattering. In one case, a client is referred to as a "retard" and in another a client is called a "lazy good for nothing".

Every file on the master page shows the "last modified" time and date as being at "00:45:52 GMT" on Monday, May 28, 2007, suggesting that they have appeared in this visible state for almost a month.

CareerOne was not aware of the security breach until this morning when they were informed. The web page was subsequently taken down.

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Source: SMH