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Oops! Bad day for LinkedIn: 6.5 million passwords leaked

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If you hadn’t heard already, it has been reported that Linkedin has suffered a security breach resulting in the loss of over 6.5 million encrypted passwords that could potentially allow criminals to break into members’ accounts. Oops!

The advice is to change your password immediately! Simply login to your Linkedin account, hover over your name in the top-right corner of the screen and click on “Settings”. Then, click on the link to “Change” next to “Password”.

If you would like more information about this breach, feel free to contact us.

Further reading: http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2012/06/06/bad-day-for-linkedin-6-5-million-hashed-passwords-reportedly-leaked-change-yours-now/

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