oscarthegrouch 400 Report post Posted June 6, 2012 For those using LinkedIn, news around town indicated about 6 million account details were hacked and pushed out through a few websites from an original Russian source. If anyone uses the same log in info on Linked In and other sites, it might be a good precaution to change you passwords up. http://www.pcworld.com/article/257045/update_linkedin_confirms_account_passwords_hacked.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leber 1328 Report post Posted June 7, 2012 When setting new password, make sure to use a strong password. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Studio 110 by Sophia 150333 Report post Posted June 7, 2012 Just wondering.....I got an gmail with a link, it had a bunch of cerb names attatched to it. I did not click the link though. Is this what we are refering to? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etasman2000 15994 Report post Posted June 7, 2012 Just wondering.....I got an gmail with a link, it had a bunch of cerb names attatched to it. I did not click the link though. Is this what we are refering to? Likely no. Linkedln is a social site (think Facebook) geared towards 'professional'. A great site for posting your resume, business networking and recommending co-workers etc. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dorinda Bloom 44036 Report post Posted June 7, 2012 It also means is that if you use that same username (your email address) and password on any other sites (like Facebook) you should also change those passwords. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted June 7, 2012 It also means is that if you use that same username (your email address) and password on any other sites (like Facebook) you should also change those passwords. ...and make sure you use different passwords on all of them. Four other things that should be said. 1. LinkedIn haven't fixed the root cause of the problem (for techies: they use unsalted SHA-1 to encrypt passwords, and this is vulnerable). So when you do change your LinkedIn password, don't change it to anything you use elsewhere, as it may get cracked again. 2. The posted list was apparently just LinkedIn passwords the poster wanted help with decrypting. This implies that a lot more have been leaked, and have already been cracked. 3. Phishes based on this have already been seen in the wild. 4. Apparently a second list was posted, sourced from eHarmony (techies: they use unsalted MD5). Same drill, if you have an account there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leber 1328 Report post Posted June 8, 2012 You can see if your password is compromised on http://leakedin.org/. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
