Cyber ​​attack on LinkedIn: 500 million people’s information was stolen

After the social media platforms Facebook and Yemeksepeti, a cyber attack was also carried out on the professional social business network and social sharing platform LinkedIn. The information of Facebook’s 530 million users and 21 million users of Yemeksepeti, the online food ordering site, were stolen. The data of 500 users of LinkedIn, a social media platform that allows business people to communicate with other people, was captured.

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After the aforementioned cyber attacks, users’ trust in social media networks decreased, and the hackers who carried out the cyber attack shared on the forums that they had obtained the information of 500 million users. Hackers shared a sample of 2 million users’ information to verify the data. The list of 2 million people, consisting of four separate files, includes users’ names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, work information and much more. A $2 fee is charged to view the sample. It was stated that a four-digit fee offer is expected to purchase the entire 500 million list.