Enhancing Personal Data Protection After the LinkedIn Breach
In a concerning development, LinkedIn has fallen victim to an extensive data breach, resulting in the exposure of sensitive information belonging to more than 500 million users. This breach entails the unauthorised scraping of data from the platform, with the compromised dataset now up for sale on the dark web. The leaked information encompasses critical details such as email addresses, phone numbers, workplace particulars, full names, account IDs, links to associated social media profiles, and gender identification. The data breach culprits have chosen to publicise their actions through an unknown user on a hacker forum. This individual has released a fraction of the breached data, comprising records from two million users, as evidence of the incident. The hacker responsible for this breach is demanding a significant sum, denominated in four digits in USD, as payment for the compromised information, suggesting that the transaction may involve cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Alarm...