Social network LinkedIn has once again become the victim of a major security breach, information was revealed by the site RestorePrivacy.com. multiple data 700 million accounts They were hacked. or close 93% of registered users worldwide. Suffice it to say that there is a strong possibility that we will all be affected. Date the data was stolen June 22, 2021.
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All information currently for sale on a forum specializing in hacking. And the author of this hack even offers to examine a small piece of the database representing “only” 1 million people to verify the veracity of his words and the information he sells. The journalist who disclosed the information examined the sample and appears to be able to verify its authenticity. He explains that some of the data is very new because it is from this year.
Name, address, location, phone number…
The completeness of the information is very high. For each user, their Name surnamehis email address, his addressuser login, phone numbergeographical location, professional experiences, connections, his kind or accounts on other social networks. The journalist contacted the hacker directly to learn more about the method used to hack the LinkedIn database. explains what you useLinkedIn API.
This isn’t the first time LinkedIn has been hacked. This also isn’t the first time the social network’s API, which allows it to connect to other external services, has been used to scrub users’ personal information. The latest leak is still very recent:April 2021. Later, 500 million users were affected by this massive personal information theft. A few days later, another database containing 827 million accounts was put up for sale. The information was then obtained through fake job offers.
Source : Restore Privacy.com
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