A hacker is selling 117 million LinkedIn logins on the Dark Web
It might be time to change your LinkedIn password… A Russian hacker is selling the email and passwords of 117 million users on a Dark Web marketplace.
A hacker is trying to sell the account information, including emails and passwords, of 117 million LinkedIn users.
The hacker, who goes by the name “Peace,” told Motherboard that the data was stolen during the LinkedIn breach of 2012. At the time, only around 6.5 million encrypted passwords were posted online, and LinkedIn never clarified how many users were affected by that breach.
Turns out it was much worse than anybody thought.
Jason “Notorious J.A.Y.” Wiley says
Uh oh. Not good.
Paul Spoerry says
And apparently they've had'em for a while. Not sure why they sat on them for so long. shrug Two factor everything and change your pw's! +LastPass FTW!
Jason “Notorious J.A.Y.” Wiley says
+Paul Spoerry done and done
James Karaganis says
Considering who owns Lastpass now I'm not too thrilled about them either. But yes, change passwords and two-factor it.
Paul Spoerry says
I've heard good things about Dashlane. Was never a fan of LogMeIn but that happened well over a year ago and I've seen no change and am still very happy with LastPass.
James Karaganis says
+Paul Spoerry Well, actually they completely revamped the browser Vault GUI some time ago. No, my concern is not that the service is any less functional, but more along the lines of how well the backend is being maintained.
That's crucial so far as security and privacy are concerned. Not that I have any specific reason to think there's a problem, but any time a cloud company changes hands you have to think about that.
Paul Spoerry says
Agreed +James Karaganis… but I think even since being acquired they had what they thought might have been a breach and raised the flag immediately. Again… I have no love for LogMeIn… and I have heard Dashlane is slick. But I've also been a long time user and have had nothing but great experienes.
James Karaganis says
Yes, I've never had a problem with them either.
Well, none of which I am aware anyway.