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A user in a Russian forum is claiming to have hacked LinkedIn to the tune of almost 6.5 million account details. The user uploaded 6,458,020 hashed passwords, but no usernames. It's not clear if they managed to download the usernames, but it's likely that both have been downloaded.There is a possibility that this could be a hoax, but several people have said on Twitter that they found their real LinkedIn passwords as hashes on the list. Many of the hashes include "linkedin," which seems to add credence to the claims.
We spoke with Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure, who thinks this is "a real collection." He told us he is "guessing it's some sort of exploit on their web interface, but there's no way to know. I am sure sure LinkedIn will fill us in sooner or later."
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A user in a Russian forum is claiming to have hacked LinkedIn to the tune of almost 6.5 million account details. The user uploaded 6,458,020 hashed passwords, but no usernames. It's not clear if they managed to download the usernames, but it's likely that both have been downloaded.There is a possibility that this could be a hoax, but several people have said on Twitter that they found their real LinkedIn passwords as hashes on the list. Many of the hashes include "linkedin," which seems to add credence to the claims.
We spoke with Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure, who thinks this is "a real collection." He told us he is "guessing it's some sort of exploit on their web interface, but there's no way to know. I am sure sure LinkedIn will fill us in sooner or later."
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