LinkedIn data breach
The LinkedIn breach happened on May 5, 2012 and exposed 164,611,595 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- linkedin.com
- Breach date
- May 5, 2012
- Recorded on
- May 21, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 164,611,595
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 64 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 64 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- WHMCS (2012-05-21, 134,047 accounts)
- League of Legends (2012-06-11, 339,487 accounts)
- Last.fm (2012-03-22, 37,217,682 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your LinkedIn password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of July 28, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.