The reason I state this is due to the influx of spam coming from an e-mail address that is only used at Monster.com. I haven't been to the site in ages, but I was informed of the
security breach earlier this year.
Whenever I need to setup an account with a company, I typically will put the name of the company as the e-mail address combined with one of the domain names I own.
A good example would be if there was a company called
SuperWidgets and I setup an account with them, I would set my e-mail address for them as
superwidgets@somedomainnameiown.com.
If I suddenly receive spam coming into that address, I know they have either sold my e-mail address without my permission or snuck it into a terms-of-service update without me catching it or someone has obtained the list of e-mail addresses.
If I don't want to deal with the company anymore or the spam associated with it, I will deactivate that e-mail alias on my domain. It can become a bit cumbersome to maintain but it is any excellent way to pre-whitelist or ban certain e-mail addresses without giving out your main e-mail address or domain.
I suspect my Monster e-mail alias is going to buh-bye shortly if this spam trend continues. Keep an eye out for increased spam to your
Monster.com's e-mail addresses and please let me know if you notice it too.