WASHINGTON: The professional social network LinkedIn said yesterday it was probing a possible data breach after reports said more than 6.4 million passwords were stolen.
“Our team is currently looking into reports of stolen passwords. Stay tuned for more,” the company said in a Twitter message.
Several security researchers reported the breach posted on a Russian hacker forum.
Graham Cluley of the British security firm Sophos said the posting “does contain, at least in part, LinkedIn passwords.”
“Although the data which has been released so far does not include associated e-mail addresses, it is reasonable to assume that such information may be in the hands of the criminals,” Cluley said in a blog post.
LinkedIn probes large data breach
