LinkedIn data breaches

3 breaches290M affected in allTechlinkedin.com

Scraped LinkedIn profile data offered for saleScraping exposed education records, emails, location data, employment records, names and phone numbers.Scraping126M accountsTechUSApr 8, 2021 Hacking breachHacking exposed emails, passwords, names, insurance details and addresses. Reported to the California AG.165M accountsTechUSMay 21, 2016 Stolen LinkedIn password hashes posted online; full dump surfaces in 2016Hacking exposed emails and passwords.HackingTechUSJun 6, 2012

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21["emails","passwords","names","insurance","addresses"]

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LinkedIn, 2012-06-06

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08company

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08https://news.linkedin.com/2021/april/an-update-from-linkedin

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08confirmed

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08research

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-081

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08US

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08scraping

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08["education","emails","location","employment","names","phone"]

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-082021-04-08

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08LinkedIn said a dataset posted for sale was an aggregation of publicly viewable member profile data scraped from LinkedIn and other sites, not a breach of private data. A larger set of about 700 million records surfaced in June 2021.

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08Scraped LinkedIn profile data offered for sale

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LinkedIn, 2021-04-08

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21LinkedIn

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21hacking

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21["emails","passwords"]

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21hibp

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21164611595

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-212016-05-21

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21In May 2016, LinkedIn had 164 million email addresses and passwords exposed . Originally hacked in 2012, the data remained out of sight until being offered for sale on a dark market site 4 years later. The passwords in the breach were store

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LinkedIn, 2016-05-21