LinkedIn confirms that the user password has been stolen: Invalid

Source: Internet
Author: User

LinkedIn Director Vicente Silveira told his blog that the website password has indeed been leaked.

The full text of the statement is as follows:

This morning, some reports reported that the password was stolen and we hope to provide some up-to-date information. We have confirmed that some LinkedIn accounts and passwords have been stolen. We are investigating. The following measures are taken against the stolen number.

1. the password of the account owner associated with the stolen password is no longer valid.

2. If the password is stolen, the user will receive a LinkedIn email about the password reset. There is no link in the email. In terms of security, you should not click any link in the email and change the password on any website.

3. Our Customer Support Team will also send emails to affected users, provide more relevant texts, and explain why users are asked to change their passwords.

4. It should be noted that affected users who have reset their passwords and those whose passwords have not been stolen will all benefit from the security enhancement measures we have just taken, including Hash and Salt of our current password database.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused to users. We pay great attention to user security issues. If you have not seen our blog posts on Password Reset and other security measures, we recommend that you read them first.

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