LinkedIn hacked

[George K]

https://cybernews.com/news/stolen-data-of-500-million-linkedin-users-being-sold-online-2-million-leaked-as-proof-2/

"An archive containing data purportedly scraped from 500 million LinkedIn profiles has been put for sale on a popular hacker forum, with another 2 million records leaked as a proof-of-concept sample by the post author.

The four leaked files contain information about the LinkedIn users whose data has been allegedly scraped by the threat actor, including their full names, email addresses, phone numbers, workplace information, and more.

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While users on the hacker forum can view the leaked samples for about $2 worth of forum credits, the threat actor appears to be auctioning the much-larger 500 million user database for at least a 4-digit sum, presumably in bitcoin.

[Doctor Phibes]

Good luck getting anything useful out of that pile of shite.

Honestly, does anybody put anything remotely valuable on LinkedIn? My "friends" list is something to behold, certainly.

[Horace]

People get jobs. People get jobs.

[Mik]

We just got a letter from a law firm that says our health system's records may have been hacked. Swell.

[Klaus]

I have a couple of hundred contacts on LinkedIn, but I honestly don't know why I'm still on this platform. It's maybe different if one works in industry, but for academics this platform is useless.

[Loki]

Linked in has been compromised multiple times. Several years ago it included your password.

Never use a password twice. Your email and passwords are on the dark web.

Two factor authenticate everything.

An important account hacked can be a miserable experience.