Hacked LinkedIn accounts already being used by criminals
Now The New York Times is reporting that criminals are already using the lifted LinkedIn accounts to send emails to others. The emails ask people to click on a link to "confirm" their email address, when in fact the links take users to scam websites.
In its blog post today, LinkedIn said the people that are the victims of the compromised accounts will now find that their passwords no longer work and will receive emails with information on how to change their passwords, without the need for an embedded link.
The company did not state how these account passwords got out in the open. LinkedIn added, "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused our members. We take the security of our members very seriously."
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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/hacked-linkedin-accounts-already-being-used-by-criminals
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FrogPosted:
Scanty What would they do with these passwords anyway? If they took passwords from like, Microsoft accounts, I can see what they would do but... LinkedIn? -.-
Yeah what is the point in even hacking it in the first place xD
RacistPosted:
DubbleScanty What would they do with these passwords anyway? If they took passwords from like, Microsoft accounts, I can see what they would do but... LinkedIn? -.-
lol i know what you mean, they should atleast use their skills to hack something worth while
They seem to be hacking things that are not even worth anything lately lol
DubblePosted:
Scanty What would they do with these passwords anyway? If they took passwords from like, Microsoft accounts, I can see what they would do but... LinkedIn? -.-
lol i know what you mean, they should atleast use their skills to hack something worth while
yayPosted:
What would they do with these passwords anyway? If they took passwords from like, Microsoft accounts, I can see what they would do but... LinkedIn? -.-
RacistPosted:
-Tom-Tenth- Wow this is very serious Criminals using peoples info... I really would like to know how they have obtained the 6.4 million passwords though!
/Hack Servers
/Bruteforce
Yeah, a lot of sites get this done to them
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