LinkedIn Passwords Hacked and Posted Online - Change Your Password Today
A Norwegian website has reported that 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn passwords have been hacked and exploited, and LinkedIn users should immediately change their passwords. Some security conscious users have checked the passwords and identified that their own password was among the list - a sign of the likely authenticity of the hack.
A Norwegian website has reported that 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn passwords have been hacked and exploited, and LinkedIn users should immediately change their passwords. Some security conscious users have checked the passwords and identified that their own password was among the list – a sign of the likely authenticity of the hack.
The site was apparently hacked and the revealed passwords dumped onto a Russian site where other hackers were invited to crack the codes. It’s not a very extensive encryption which means that many of the passwords are likely out in the open.
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