LinkedIn was hacked again and resulted in the data of 700 million users being leaked, or more than 92% of the total number of users reaching 756 million.
LinkedIn user data is spread and sold on the dark web, and contains a variety of sensitive information including phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation data, and more.
So far, hackers have spread 1 million sample data, and from these samples it can be confirmed that the data is original and up-to-date,.
According to RestorePrivacy, the hacker allegedly used LinkedIn's official application programming interface (API) to siphon data. The same method was previously used in the hack against LinkedIn in April.
"On June 22, someone advertised data containing 700 million LinkedIn users for sale. A forum member posted a sample of data containing 1 million LinkedIn users," RestorePrivacy wrote.
They also examined the data and found that the data contained:
Email address
Full name
Phone number
Physical address
Geolocation records
LinkedIn profile username and address
Professional work experience and personal background
Gender
Social media accounts and other usernames
"Based on our analysis and cross-checking the sample data with publicly available data, it appears that all the data is authentic and truly belongs to the original user. Then the data also looks up-to-date, with samples from 2020 to 2021," he continued.
No passwords were leaked in this hack, but the type of information leaked is already very valuable and can be used for all kinds of terrible things, such as identity theft, phishing attempts, or as data to force other websites.
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