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As Scope of 2012 Breach Expands, LinkedIn to Again Reset Passwords for Some Users

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A 2012 data breach that was thought to have exposed 6.5 million hashed passwords for LinkedIn users instead likely impacted more than 117 million accounts, the company now says. In response, the business networking giant said today that it would once again force a password reset for individual users thought to be impacted in the expanded breach. Continue reading As Scope of 2012 Breach Expands, LinkedIn to Again Reset Passwords for Some Users→

Breached Credit Union Comes Out of its Shell

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Notifying people and companies about data breaches often can be a frustrating and thankless job. Despite my best efforts, sometimes a breach victim I’m alerting will come away convinced that I am not an investigative journalist but instead a scammer. This happened most recently this week, when I told a California credit union that its online banking site was compromised and apparently had been for nearly two months. Continue reading Breached Credit Union Comes Out of its Shell→