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LinkedIn Warns 9.5 Million Lynda Users About Database Breach (neowin.net)
Less than four weeks after Microsoft formally acquired LinkedIn for $26 billion, there's been a database breach.
An anonymous reader writes:
LinkedIn is sending emails to 9.5 million users of Lynda.com, its online learning subsidiary, warning the users of a database breach by "an unauthorized third party". The affected database included contact information for at least some of the users. An email to customers says "while we have no evidence that your specific account was accessed or that any data has been made publicly available, we wanted to notify you as a precautionary measure." Ironically, the breach comes less than a month after Russia blocked access to LinkedIn over privacy concerns.
LinkedIn has also reset the passwords for 55,000 Lynda.com accounts (though apparently many of its users don't have accounts with passwords).
LinkedIn has also reset the passwords for 55,000 Lynda.com accounts (though apparently many of its users don't have accounts with passwords).
nsa wanted a copy. you have nothing to hide do you alll
I just checked the calendar, it's not April 1st. So exactly what drugs are you on? Have you considered going in for a med check?
LinkedIn: Don't blame us, Microsoft is in charge now.
Microsoft: Don't blame us, we just own the company.
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actually accepted the lynda offer? Wow!
I hate to be that guy, but here we go.
Less then four weeks
If I can't even expect better grammar here than I get elsewhere, this place really is past its prime.
Lots of Lynda customers are businesses who use Federated Services logins.
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Happy I cancelled when they where bought.
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> Less then four weeks after Microsoft
You'd think someone posting an article, especially with "Editor" in their name, would know how to use 'then' and 'than' properly. Seriously, people, it's not that hard.
If anyone would notice that their data from Linked In leaked. I mean, LinkedIn is such a data mining fanatic, it'd be hard to tell the difference between their normal spamming and spyware and someone else using that same data.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
I just checked the calendar, it's not April 1st
It is here. But we have leap days.
I just checked the calendar, it's not April 1st. So exactly what drugs are you on? Have you considered going in for a med check?
Check the previous Slashdot article. The meds won't help.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
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I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Think they mean "coincidentally".
You know what they say about opinions. They're all fabulous!
This is what, the 5th major compromise of LinkedIn's data in the past 2 or 3 years? How are there still people that haven't dumped their accounts? Why is LinkedIn still considered the main business social network?
I've seen MicroSoft called a lot of names, but "unauthorized third party" is new one!
This is crazy. There are best practices that need to be followed for datasets. We need an agency (similar yo what the FCC does) setup to set legal requirements for data systems that hold US resident's information, such as Hashing technologies to use, network security technologies, etc.
Additionally we need a law that says all companies that allow US residents to create accounts need to provide a verifiable method for people to delete their data stored on their servers (Accounts, contact information, billing information, etc)