Data on about a half-billion LinkedIn users posted for sale
Similar to the leak from Facebook, the data from LinkedIn includes personal details of users
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 12/04/2021
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Personal data from more than 500 million LinkedIn users has been posted for sale online. Similar to the recent Facebook incident, the data includes user profile IDs, email addresses and other personal identifiable information (PII) details.
According to a report in CyberNews, hackers posted an archive containing data that according to them includes LinkedIn IDs, full names, professional titles, email addresses, phone numbers and other PII on a popular hacker forum.
The data set also includes links to LinkedIn profiles and other social-media profiles, according to the report. Furthermore, to prove the authenticity of the info and provide a teaser of the data, the hackers responsible also leaked 2 million records as proof.
Users on the forum can view samples in exchange for a payment of about $2. However, the hackers appear to be auctioning off the 500-million-user database for at a sum that is at least in the four-digit range.
Similar to the leak from Facebook, the data from LinkedIn includes personal details of users
Photo: Bigstock
Personal data from more than 500 million LinkedIn users has been posted for sale online. Similar to the recent Facebook incident, the data includes user profile IDs, email addresses and other personal identifiable information (PII) details.
According to a report in CyberNews, hackers posted an archive containing data that according to them includes LinkedIn IDs, full names, professional titles, email addresses, phone numbers and other PII on a popular hacker forum.
The data set also includes links to LinkedIn profiles and other social-media profiles, according to the report. Furthermore, to prove the authenticity of the info and provide a teaser of the data, the hackers responsible also leaked 2 million records as proof.
Users on the forum can view samples in exchange for a payment of about $2. However, the hackers appear to be auctioning off the 500-million-user database for at a sum that is at least in the four-digit range.
