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LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) data breach

The LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) breach happened on April 8, 2021 and exposed 125,698,496 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site
linkedin.com
Breach date
April 8, 2021
Recorded on
October 2, 2021
Accounts exposed
125,698,496
Exposed data
Education levels, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Job titles, Names, Social media profiles
Risk score
32 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 32 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Email addresses, Names, Geographic locations.

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.

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What affected users should do

  • Passwords were not exposed, but you may receive fake emails aimed at the exposed email addresses.
  • Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.

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This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of November 7, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.