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Breach occurred 2012-05-05Verifiedlinkedin.com
What happened
In May 2016, LinkedIn had 164 million email addresses and passwords exposed. Originally hacked in 2012, the data remained out of sight until being offered for sale on a dark market site 4 years later. The passwords in the breach were stored as SHA1 hashes without salt, the vast majority of which were quickly cracked in the days following the release of the data.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The LinkedIn data breach occurred on May 5, 2012. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on May 21, 2016.
164,611,595 accounts were affected by the LinkedIn data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The LinkedIn breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the LinkedIn breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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