After Facebook, the Linkedin social network, in turn, has been hacked. Data from 500 million users is for sale on the Internet
The golden age of pirates is over on the water, but the golden age of online pirates still has a bright future ahead. After the attack on Facebook Last week, LinkedIn’s role was plagued by the wrath of hackers. The data of 500 million users has been compromised and offered for sale on a database site.
No “private” data
The social network confirmed the leak but wanted to be reassuring In a press release : Includes visible member profile data that appears to have been pulled from LinkedIn. Consequently, any ‘private’ data may be leaked. You can check on the site Internet news If your account is among the 500 million hackers.
According to this site itself, which exposed the case, the “internalized” data will contain: identifiers, first names and surnames, e-mail, phone numbers, types, and links to other social network profiles. The fact that all of this information is public makes this leak less “harmful” than the one that hit Facebook last week, but no less worrying. One thing is for sure, the new hackers are now obsessed.
