LinkedIn has 117 million users to use password easily discovered by hackers, by poor settings, among the 165 million active users of social networking. This security flaw has been known for four years and will expose millions of LinkedIn users since then. However, it is now known that it is likely that 117 million users have had their exposed accounts in mid-2012.
LinkedIn already went public to say that the security alert is to be taken very seriously, advising all users to follow the new products launched by the social network security center and choose difficult password to find out – “we are taking immediate action to cancel the passwords of the accounts were affected, and we will contact these users to create new passwords. “
Despite the LinkedIn passwords are encrypted, professionals have not taken the necessary measures to prevent the attacks.
According to CNN, the Deep Web for hackers to sell Linkedin accounts that have been stolen from taking advantage of this failure.
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