LinkedIn denies reports of 'fresh' breach, says 'leaked information from April is scraped data'

LinkedIn denies reports of ‘fresh’ breach, says ‘leaked information from April is scraped data’ &nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspThinkstock Key Highlights Reports said personal information of 92% LinkedIn users was put up for sale on Dark Web by hackers Reports claim hackers exposed personal information of 1 million users as sample data for potential buyers on Dark Web RestorePrivacy first reported the latest leak which was confirmed by 9to5Google Professional networking website LinkedIn denied reports of data breach stating that data put for sale online recently was “scraped” from LinkedIn and other various websites as reported earlier in its ‘April 2021 scraping update’. “Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale. We want to be clear that this is not a data breach and no private LinkedIn member data was exposed,” said the California, US-based tech company. “Our initial investigation has found that this data was scraped from LinkedIn and other various websites and includes the same data reported earlier this year in our April 2021 scraping update. Members trust LinkedIn with their data, and any misuse of our members’ data, such as scraping, violates LinkedIn terms of service. When anyone tries to…
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