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LinkedIn Data Breach (2012)

LinkedIn

highVERIS
Disclosed

January 1, 2012

5199 days ago

Records

6.4M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

LinkedIn Corp is working with the FBI as the social network for job seekers and professionals investigates the theft of 6.4 million member passwords, the company said on Thursday. The company does not know of any accounts that were taken over as a result of the security violations, according to LinkedIn spokesman Hani Durzy.