92 per cent of all LinkedIn users' data for sale on hacker forum

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92 per cent of all LinkedIn users' data for sale on hacker forum
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92 per cent of all LinkedIn users' data for sale on hacker forum

LinkedIn denies the sale is the result of a data breach

Professional networking website LinkedIn has denied reports of a data breach that allegedly exposed more than 700 million users' personal data. LinkedIn has around 756 million users, the alleged...

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