LinkedIn Scraped and Faked Data (2023) data breach
The LinkedIn Scraped and Faked Data (2023) breach happened on November 4, 2023 and exposed 19,788,753 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- linkedin.com
- Breach date
- November 4, 2023
- Recorded on
- November 7, 2023
- Accounts exposed
- 19,788,753
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Job titles, Names, Professional skills, Social media profiles
- Risk score
- 31 out of 100
This data is a list collected for sending spam, not a breach of the service itself.
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 31 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.
Breaches from the same period
- Chess.com (2023) (2023-11-08, 1,274,077 accounts)
- Blooms Today (2023-11-11, 3,184,010 accounts)
- KitchenPal (2023-11-14, 98,726 accounts)
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.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of September 13, 2026. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.