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LinkedIn

LinkedIn

criticalHave I Been Pwned

#85 largest data breach on record

Disclosed

May 5, 2012

5074 days ago

Records

164.6M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

In May 2016, LinkedIn had 164 million email addresses and passwords exposed. Originally hacked in 2012, the data remained out of sight until being offered for sale on a dark market site 4 years later. The passwords in the breach were stored as SHA1 hashes without salt, the vast majority of which were quickly cracked in the days following the release of the data.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsEmail Addresses
LinkedIn Data Breach (2012) - 164.6M Records | ExposedMap