Did your password get hacked on LinkedIn on Thursday, June 6, 2012? Ann Mullen's did. She sent me a message saying not only was her LinkedIn profile now in Polish, but someone was hacking into her personal website and leaving blogs in Polish. PC World announced what Ann already knew. You can read more on this below.
The next question is how to protect your password. You need to create a safe password. We have the cute video above as one way and we have a site you can go to create them also below.
Whatever you do, doing nothing is not an option.
UPDATED 2:15 p.m. PT
LinkedIn Wednesday confirmed that at least some passwords compromised in a major security breach correspond to LinkedIn accounts.
Vicente Silveira, Director at LinkedIn, confirmed the hack on the company's blog Wednesday afternoon and outlined steps that LinkedIn is taking to deal with the situation. He wrote that those with compromised passwords will notice that their LinkedIn account password is no longer valid.
Silveira added that owners of compromised accounts will receive an email from LinkedIn with instructions on how to reset their passwords. These owners then will get a second email from LinkedIn customer support that explains the situation at greater length.
To read the rest:
Vicente Silveira, Director at LinkedIn, confirmed the hack on the company's blog Wednesday afternoon and outlined steps that LinkedIn is taking to deal with the situation. He wrote that those with compromised passwords will notice that their LinkedIn account password is no longer valid.
Silveira added that owners of compromised accounts will receive an email from LinkedIn with instructions on how to reset their passwords. These owners then will get a second email from LinkedIn customer support that explains the situation at greater length.
To read the rest:
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/257045/update_linkedin_confirms_account_passwords_hacked.html
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