Wow! 6.5 Million Password Hacker compromised LinkedIn

LinkedIn exposed to the issue of system security. This was after the emergence of a report which said that 6.5 million professional social networking account password has fallen into the hands of hackers. Reported by TheVerge and quoted on Thursday (7/6/2012), the Russian hackers mentioned burglary was behind the action. "Users in online forums have been breaking the Russian claims LinkedIn and capture nearly 6.5 million account details," he wrote.

In fact, these users also upload a password that has been stolen, but without a username. "It is not known with certainty whether the offender also stole username LinkedIn users, but also seems to have downloaded the perpetrators," said TheVerge. LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. This site has around 161 million users and is available in 200 countries.

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