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General Discussion => Admins 4 Admins => Topic started by: Sunflower on June 14, 2012, 03:38:21 pm



Title: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: Sunflower on June 14, 2012, 03:38:21 pm
Has anyone else had a problem with LinkedIn? I don't use it that much, but I was annoyed to find that some passwords were hacked and put on some Russian website - or something. It's hard to find out what really actually happened.

The irony is, that if your password was hacked, LinkedIn send you an email - telling you to go in and change your password! So does this mean my new one can be branded about in public too? Lol.

And now, I can't access it at all - is anyone else having problems? Or can shed any more light on what really did happen?


Title: Re: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: countrigal on June 14, 2012, 06:41:29 pm
I had heard about this incident too.  Ironically I heard about it from another professional website I use.  I have not had any issues, haven't changed my password either. 


Title: Re: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: msmarieh on June 14, 2012, 07:33:47 pm
I heard about it and changed my password.


Title: Re: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: Jackie G on June 14, 2012, 09:12:25 pm
I haven't - yet, but am off to do it now.


Title: Re: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: ControlledChaos on June 15, 2012, 09:44:38 am
I changed my password too. Haven't had any problems getting into LinkedIn though.


Title: Re: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: Jackie G on June 15, 2012, 11:43:25 am
got it changed, no issues getting on the site either.


Title: Re: LinkedIn - Password Issues!
Post by: Sunflower on June 21, 2012, 09:57:28 am
Thanks for all your replies - I have reset my password and am ok again, althought my confidence in LinkedIn has fallen. I read about it on DD's home page.