LinkedIn has been reported to have been hacked by a massive data breach that might have affected around 700 million users, more than 92% of its total consumers.
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"Our initial investigation has found that this data was scraped from LinkedIn and other various websites and includes the same data reported earlier this year in our April 2021 scraping update," added the networking platform.
Back on Apr. 8, the company explained that the scraped data includes publicly viewable member profile data. On the other hand, LinkedIn explained that it will make serious efforts to stop data scraping in its platform.
Sonit Jain, the CEO of GajShield Infotech, explained that users' data on various online applications are as vulnerable as the app they are using. He added that any app vulnerability, or even an API flaw, could lead to a massive data breach.
LinkedIn's Previous Breaches
IOL reported that LinkedIn already suffered from previous security breaches. One of them was able to leak more than 500 million users. Experts claimed that their sensitive credentials were sold online.
On the other hand, another online hack leaked more than 2 million LinkedIn records as proof-of-concept samples by the hackers behind the breach. To avoid this, Jain explained that users should always avoid sharing confidential data on any public online platforms. This means that they should not do this even in DMs or personal chats.
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Written by: Griffin Davis
