LinkedIn Working with FBI to Track Down Hackers?
Professional social networking site LinkedIn is working hard to set things right after millions of its users' passwords were hacked. It is reported that the site is working closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to track down the hackers.
"From the moment we became aware of this issue, we have been working non-stop to investigate it," said Linkedin director Vicente Silveira on its official blog. "We are also actively working with law enforcement, which is investigating this matter," he added. Silveira also revealed that millions of LinkedIn users' passwords were hacked.
"Yesterday we learned that approximately 6.5 million hashed LinkedIn passwords were posted on a hacker site. Most of the passwords on the list appear to remain hashed and hard to decode, but unfortunately a small subset of the hashed passwords was decoded and published," he added. Efforst are on to help the users overcome the inconvenience. The company has to lock down and protect the accounts associated with the decoded passwords that they believed were at the greatest risk. They invalidated those passwords and contacted those members with a message that lets them know how to reset their passwords.
