Apple TV+’s latest streaming show ‘Severance’ has made its own LinkedIn profile that provides tongue-in-cheek humor and Easter eggs.
'LinkedIn Live' Audio Events to Launch Later in January 2022
LinkedIn Live is an upcoming feature for the company to allow for interactive events on its platform. It launches later this month.
Hackers Sell Personal LinkedIn Data From Leak Affecting 700M Users
Hackers are selling the personal information of over 700 million LinkedIn users. Here are the data types that were leaked:
Email Addresses; Full names; Phone numbers; Physical addresses; Geolocation records; LinkedIn username and profile URL; Personal and professional experience/background; Genders; Other social media accounts and usernames
On June 22nd, a user of a popular hacker forum advertised data from 700 Million LinkedIn users for sale. The user of the forum posted a sample of the data that includes 1 million LinkedIn users.
LinkedIn Data Leak of 500 Million People Sold Online
Just days after a Facebook data leak was discovered, security researchers found another one, this time involving LinkedIn. It affects a similar amount of users, 500 million, with data being sold on a “popular hacker forum.”
The leaked files appear to only contain LinkedIn profile information – we did not find any deeply sensitive data like credit card details or legal documents in the sample posted by the threat actor. With that said, even an email address can be enough for a competent cybercriminal to cause real damage.
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We have a deal on the 2020 Social Media Marketing Bootcamp Certification Bundle, a 7-course training program covering social media in general, as well as FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It includes 34 hours of content and hundreds of lessons, and it’s $29.99 through our deal.
LinkedIn Violates Library Privacy With LinkedIn Learning
Many states have laws in place to protect the privacy of libraries. But LinkedIn is violating this with LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com.
Currently, when Lynda.com is accessed through a library, a user logs in with her or his library card and a PIN. No other personal information is required.
Under the new LinkedIn Learning policy, library users would be required to create a personal, publicly searchable, profile and agree to LinkedIn’s user agreement and privacy policy before being able to use LinkedIn Learning.
Checking off the user agreement grants LinkedIn the power to share the information contained in a personal profile with whoever LinkedIn wants.
Libraries are a bastion against corporations, where you can get free resources and just hang out without having to buy anything. I hope this gets resolved in the library’s favor.
LinkedIn Privacy, Laws on GitHub – TMO Daily Observations 2018-11-26
Kelly Guimont chats with Andrew Orr and Dave Hamilton about keeping your LinkedIn Privacy settings current and using GitHub to manage laws.