Linkedin was hacked and users must change their passwords

LinkedIn users are forced to change their passwords and privacy data after a hacker attack on said website and they already know the identity of the person responsible.

LinkedIn was hacked and users must change their passwords

In 2012, the network of the LinkedIn site was mocked by a hacker who could obtain all the passwords used and 6.5 million users were affected in said theft, at this time the decision was made to reset all the passwords of its users. mandatory to be able to save the information of each user immediately before being affected.

"We are taking immediate steps to invalidate the passwords for the affected accounts and we will contact users to reset their passwords , " says Cory Scott.

Hours ago, LinkedIn was again affected with another attack and possibly the same hacker that affected the network in 2012, immediately after the attack was known, the company decided to take the same measures as it is more than 100 million passwords discovered by the attack.

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Each user of the LinkedIn network should be obliged to change their password in order to avoid future problems after the attack, all those users who are in imminent risk will receive an e-mail in their mailbox so they can reset their password and this must be changed as soon as possible.

It is feared that the number of affected users was 117 million but it is a number that cannot be confirmed yet, we can speak of more than 100 million stolen passwords. The LinkedIn website is expected to take serious security measures to ensure that these attacks do not recur and that users are not seen as a possible new attack is imminent.