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LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info.
(lemmy.world)
The same threat actor has leaked larger amounts of data from LinkedIn dated 2023. They claim this new data contains 35M lines and is 12 GB uncompressed.
Well, fuck. This was the ONE social media site that I put my data on, and that was out of necessity (job hunting). I know it's not the same, but this sort of feels like the Equifax breach.
If it's any consolation, LinkedIn is notoriously terrible at this, so your data was probably out there as early as 2016 and almost certainly after 2021, when they managed to get hit with similar breaches twice in the same year.
And we share real background information, very specific details. This could lead them to our friends and colleagues!
But I'm not sure it can be called social media, though, but if you are looking for social media platforms that can avoids data leaks, and don't ask for your personal info when register, WireMin and Damus are both good choices.
Speaking of which, we should have a version of LinkedIn that is decentralized!
Now you shut your damn mouth, let's just let Linked In die like it was always supposed to. It's not some sort of positive networking platform, it's just a platform that reinforces the old boys club, with some cringey posts from people who are trying to hard.
It’s not an actual leak. It’s mostly scraped data and fake addresses.
Same here, fuck.