Attention to its members LinkedIn: It's no surprise anymore to see posts reporting hacked social network accounts on a daily basis. You may recall that in 2012 a Russian hacker claimed to have access to millions LinkedIn accounts.
Well, as the hacker seems to be back, this time he has for sale the 117 million email and passwords he has acquired from LinkedIn users. The accounts are available on the Dark Web through a site called The Real Deal for 5 bitcoin (about $ 2.200).
The hacker nicknamed Peace, spoke to the Motherboard and confirmed that these accounts are from the 2012 breach – proving that the social network never disclosed the size of the hack.
The hacker added that while the majority of passwords are encrypted or shredded with the SHA1 algorithm, more than 90% is already cracked.
The Motherboard, for its part, has verified the hacker's claims and reports that the data sold actually affects network user accounts.
You may not have your bank account information on your LinkedIn profile, but others do information that your account contains are still highly private and could potentially allow someone to exploit your identity.
So, it's probably best to change your password immediately, and if you use the same password on multiple websites, change it everywhere.
