Approximately two-thirds of the total personal data of LinkedIn users was leaked into a hacker forum.
The hacker forum was discovered to be supplying data for 500 million LinkedIn accounts out of a total of 740 million, according to Cybernews. LinkedIn IDs, full names, email addresses, phone numbers, gender, links to LinkedIn and other social media accounts, and professional titles are among the information leaked.
LinkedIn, for one, has shown its stance by claiming that it was not data theft because the information sold on the Internet has already become public and is only obtained from other services; but, if any of these items are misused, it is a violation of their terms and conditions.
This incident occurs just days after it was announced that the data of 533 million Facebook users had been stolen, as evidenced by a piracy website.
How can you know if you're a harmed person, and what should you do about it?
To see if your account is one of the millions affected, simply go (Here) and enter your email address.
Although this is not a hack, it is critical that you change your password to something more secure and allow two-step verification.
According to Statista, users between the ages of 25 and 34 will use LinkedIn the most in 2020, followed by users between the ages of 18 and 24.
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