On 12.06.07, In Social networking site LinkedIn said the key word (password) multiple users at risk, after reports that more than six million users a key word leaked to the internet.
LinkedIn has more than 150 million users
The hacker published a file containing the keywords coded into a web forum Russia.
They invited the hacker community to help solve the key word.
LinkedIn, which has more than 150 million users, said the key word has leaked that no longer applies.
Users will receive an email with instructions to change it, said LinkedIn. They will receive a second email with details on why the change was necessary.
Concerns about privacy
The news comes as the LinkedIn applications are forced to update their cell phone after security researchers discovered a flaw privacy.
Skycure Security said that thephone app sends calendar data without the password to the server without user knowledge LinkedIn.
That information includes meeting notes, which often contain information such as phone numbers and key codes for conference calls.
LinkedIn said the application was “no longer send data fromyour calendar section of a memorandum of the meeting.”
The company also stressed that the calendar function is afeature option.
But researchers who discovered the flaw, said transmission data to the server LinkedIn performed without “a clear indication of the application to the user.”
In a statement published on the company blog, head of mobile products LinkedIn Jeff Redfern said more information was added to the application so users can get a clearer picture of the transmission and use of their information.
