On Wednesday, LinkedIn 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passwords will notice that their LinkedIn account password is no longer
valid.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.
Silveira also apologized to those affected, saying LinkedIn takes the security of members very seriously.
The business-focused social network had 161 million users worldwide as of March 31.
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