14 Sep LinkedIn Account Passwords Hacked

Vicente Silveira, Director at LinkedIn, confirmed that LinkedIn Security professionals suspected that the business-focused social network LinkedIn suffer a major infringe of its password database. Recently, a file containing 6.5million encrypted passwords was published on a Russian hackers’ web forum.

According to technology experts, around six million users of the social networking site LinkedIn Account Passwords Hacked, Experts are now advising users to modify their passwords on LinkedIn and other websites for which they use the same password.

Marcus Carey, security researcher at Boston-based Rapid7, said he believed the attackers had been inside LinkedIn’s network for at least several days, based on an investigation of the type of information stolen and measure of data posted on forums.

‘While LinkedIn is investigating the breach, the attackers may still have admission to the system,’ Carey warned. ‘If the attackers are still entrenched in the network, then users who have already changed their passwords may have to do so a second time.’

Officials with LinkedIn declined to comment on whether an attack might still be in progress.