LinkedIn hack update includes “no unauthorized access”

LinkedIn head Vicente Silveira updated the area on what their findings were in regards to the hack attempt on their site earlier inside the week. This report included 6.5 million hashed LinkedIn passwords being shared, but not one single account actually being compromised. The hack attempt ended up spilling millions of passwords, but none successfully tied to a user account. Irrespective of this, LinkedIn is taking measures to guarantee that this event is cleaned up after and that the passwords that were revealed are handled accordingly.

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