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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's why today I got an email from a headhunter that used Data from my LinkedIn profile. Fuck this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

no because they probably paid a couple of hundred bucks to email you from one of the many data banks that source their information from LinkedIn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My sarcasm detector is uncertain with this one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No sarcasm, I never got an E-Mail before from a Headhunter, only LinkedIn Messages. Not gonna lie, I hated it.