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LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by woshang@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The same threat actor has leaked larger amounts of data from LinkedIn dated 2023. They claim this new data contains 35M lines and is 12 GB uncompressed.

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[โ€“] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would explain the targeted scams I've been subjected to which seem to have been coming from old colleagues

[โ€“] Endorkend@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Now I know why I'm getting scam mails on the email address that I never use online and scam phonecalls on the phone number I never use online, except for LinkedIn.