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LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) data breach125.7M accounts compromised on 2021-04-08
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LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) (linkedin.com) was the source of a data breach dated 2021-04-08, exposing 125,698,496 accounts. The details below are mirrored from Have I Been Pwned and reflect the source's account of the incident at the time of publication.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) |
|---|---|
| Source Name | LinkedInScrape |
| Domain | linkedin.com |
| Breach Date | 2021-04-08 |
| Added to HIBP | 2021-10-02 |
| Last Modified | 2023-11-07 |
| Accounts Compromised | 125,698,496(125.7M) |
| Data Exposed | Education levelsEmail addressesGendersGeographic locationsJob titlesNamesSocial media profiles |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
During the first half of 2021, LinkedIn was targeted by attackers who scraped data from hundreds of millions of public profiles and later sold them online. Whilst the scraping did not constitute a data breach nor did it access any personal data not intended to be publicly accessible, the data was still monetised and later broadly circulated in hacking circles. The scraped data contains approximately 400M records with 125M unique email addresses, as well as names, geographic locations, genders and job titles. LinkedIn specifically addresses the incident in their post on An update on report of scraped data.
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