LinkedIn has confirmed that some of its user passwords have been compromised. The company has also issued an apology “for the inconvenience this has caused our members.”
Reports circulated on Wednesday that millions of LinkedIn passwords were subject to a security breach. A Russian hacker said he stole 6,458,020 encrypted passwords and posted them online (without usernames) to prove his feat.
The breach comes on the heels of news that LinkedIn’s iOS app potentially violates user privacy by sending detailed calendar entries to its servers. Read on at Mashable...
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As many scramble to change their LinkedIn passwords following the news that 6.46 million of them may have been compromised in a security breach, we’ve noticed that it’s not as easy as you’d think to update your log-in information. Read on at Mashable...
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