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LinkedIn Hack - How to Check Your Account

Very quick blog post that you may find useful:

LinkedIn was hacked, a fact confirmed by the company on June 6th 2012.

The LinkedIn blog indicated that there had been a breach, and numerous individuals have confirmed that LinkedIn’s database has indeed been hacked.

If you have a LinkedIn account, we strongly suggest that you immediately:

Change your LinkedIn password
Check if you have re-used your LinkedIn password on any other websites and if so, change those passwords too.

There is an online tool available that will give you an indication that your account was one of those affected. It was developed by a company called LastPass and to access the tool, simply follow this link - https://lastpass.com/linkedin/

Check if you have re-used your LinkedIn password on any other websites and if so, change those passwords too.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by James McRoy .