Linkedin's second leak in the last six months has made data available to 700 million users of the social network. This represents about 92% of the total 765 million LinkedIn users. The company's user database is now on sale on the Dark Web and includes mobile numbers, residential addresses, geographic information and even salaries received by individuals.
A hacker claims to have access to information that 92 percent of LinkedIn users is, on June 22-July 1 coincides with data from 1 million users of the social network, for example, released to properly prove his claim to potential buyers. Examination of the data shows that the published information is correct and even includes examples from this year and last year.
According to reports, the hacker exploited one of the official LinkedIn APIs to download this information. Hackers had already accessed the information of 500 million users of this company in the same way in April.
Information published from 1 million LinkedIn users, including email address, first and last name, phone number, residential address, geographic information, LinkedIn username and profile, personal information and professional activity history, gender and links to other networks Is the social of individuals.
Fortunately, this information does not contain any trace of the password, but it still contains valuable data that can be used for identity theft or targeted phishing attacks on LinkedIn itself or other sites.
In response to the previous attack, LinkedIn confirmed that 500 million users had leaked information, but claimed that the information had been stolen from more than one source. The company has not yet responded to the news of the disclosure of its users' information.
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