LinkedIn: “At the risk over 100 million accounts.” Here’s what’s going on – The Messenger

The audible alarm on the web. More than 100 million people at risk account. LinkedIn, the main platform dedicated to the work, wrote it on his blog. “In 2012, LinkedIn has been the victim of unauthorized access resulting in the dissemination of passwords of some members.

At the time, our immediate response included the mandatory password reset for all accounts that we felt violated by ‘unauthorized action. in addition, we recommended to all users to change the password for security. “

in the last hours, platform managers are aware of any additional elements, which is likely to involve more than 100 million for LinkedIn members. The corrective measures are in place and also provide contacts with users at risk. “Anyway-we read on blog- systematic password change is always a good idea and there is no need to wait for the notification.”