86: The LinkedIn Incident
Darknet Diaries2 Mar 2021

86: The LinkedIn Incident

In 2012, LinkedIn was the target of a data breach. A hacker got in and stole millions of user details. Username and password hashes were then sold to people willing to buy. This episode goes over the story of what happened.

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