LinkedIn Warns 9.5 Million Lynda Users About Database Breach (neowin.net) 35
Less than four weeks after Microsoft formally acquired LinkedIn for $26 billion, there's been a database breach.
An anonymous reader writes:
LinkedIn is sending emails to 9.5 million users of Lynda.com, its online learning subsidiary, warning the users of a database breach by "an unauthorized third party". The affected database included contact information for at least some of the users. An email to customers says "while we have no evidence that your specific account was accessed or that any data has been made publicly available, we wanted to notify you as a precautionary measure." Ironically, the breach comes less than a month after Russia blocked access to LinkedIn over privacy concerns.
LinkedIn has also reset the passwords for 55,000 Lynda.com accounts (though apparently many of its users don't have accounts with passwords).
LinkedIn has also reset the passwords for 55,000 Lynda.com accounts (though apparently many of its users don't have accounts with passwords).
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I just checked the calendar, it's not April 1st. So exactly what drugs are you on? Have you considered going in for a med check?
Check the previous Slashdot [slashdot.org]article. The meds won't help.
Ha ha ha ha (Score:5, Funny)
LinkedIn: Don't blame us, Microsoft is in charge now.
Microsoft: Don't blame us, we just own the company.
You mean 9.5 million user (Score:3)
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My boss wanted me to sign up for it. Then I saw it needed a credit card. Then I checked their online reviews for billing practices and saw the scam.
I told him "You want to give me a company credit card, go ahead. But I'm not compromising mine."
They don't have passwords because... (Score:3)
Lots of Lynda customers are businesses who use Federated Services logins.
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This is not due to the buyer. Lynda had shitty DB hashing and shitty network security. A company buying another does not magically endow the bought company with some sort of new properties.
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maybe they should take a course in network and system security?
(oh right. doh!)
"Editor" (Score:1)
> Less then four weeks after Microsoft
You'd think someone posting an article, especially with "Editor" in their name, would know how to use 'then' and 'than' properly. Seriously, people, it's not that hard.
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Your making silly arguments.
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The editors are Indians, the kind from Southeast Asia, who are only capable of doing the needful. Between the inept editors and the special snowflakes posting on /. this place has been on the decline for years.
Then again, we have your always interesting and insightful commentary. So I figure that balances everything out.
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> Less then four weeks after Microsoft
You'd think someone posting an article, especially with "Editor" in their name, would know how to use 'then' and 'than' properly. Seriously, people, it's not that hard.
And thank Gawd that you posted the most important thing on the internet this year by pointing this out!
Otherwise you would have been the only person who noticed.
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Not the only one, no. Just a little time spent learning proper English grammar can go a long way towards disguising a lack of formal education.
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Not the only one, no. Just a little time spent learning proper English grammar can go a long way towards disguising a lack of formal education.
Let's diagram sentences!
I wonder (Score:4, Interesting)
If anyone would notice that their data from Linked In leaked. I mean, LinkedIn is such a data mining fanatic, it'd be hard to tell the difference between their normal spamming and spyware and someone else using that same data.
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I wonder if this applies to Lynda accounts not accessed though Linkedin? Just the same, I changed my password - probably a futile gesture but I'm rather getting used to that feeling.
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I changed my password, I also faked out all my data....too bad I didn't do it months ago.
9.5 million (Score:5, Funny)
Ironically...? (Score:1)
How is LinkedIn still going? (Score:2)
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Because in certain areas of life, like software development and consulting, if you aren't on LinkedIn, you might as well not exist.
(And I say that as someone who hates LinkedIn and social networks in general.)
Congress needs to act (Score:3)
This is crazy. There are best practices that need to be followed for datasets. We need an agency (similar yo what the FCC does) setup to set legal requirements for data systems that hold US resident's information, such as Hashing technologies to use, network security technologies, etc.
Additionally we need a law that says all companies that allow US residents to create accounts need to provide a verifiable method for people to delete their data stored on their servers (Accounts, contact information, billing information, etc)