LinkedIn hacker sells 827 million LinkedIn profiles for $7000

 

When the personal information of 500 million LinkedIn users was put up for sale on a hacker forum, it made headlines. According to reports at the time, the hacker had set a price of about $2 to access a preview of two million profiles that had been leaked.

 

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A user on the hacker forum has asked for $7,000 for 827 million LinkedIn user profiles

According to the user, the list contains more than 500 million items

The report suggests that the hacker’s list is likely to include outdated or duplicate information

 

 

A user on the above-mentioned hacker forum has asked for $7,000 for 827 million LinkedIn user profiles, according to GizChina. According to the user, the list contains more than 500 million items. According to the report, the number of these items has surpassed the number of LinkedIn users, which was estimated to be about 740 million at the time. This suggests that the hacker’s list is likely to include outdated or duplicate information.

 

Also read: Over Five Hundred Million Facebook users’ personal data posted on hacking website: Reports

 

The data was divided into seven groups by the hacker. There were separate information bundles branded as foreign customers and US customers, totaling 327 million, in addition to the 500 million consumer data that had to be the same as the previous hacker. These supplies, on the other hand, are not sold individually, but in groups.

 

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HOW HACKERS GET DATA FROM LINKEDIN USERS

When you’re thinking about how such platforms can be compromised, consider the following scenario. According to eSentire, a security company, there is a hacking method that allows hackers to steal users’ data. Golden Chickens, a hacking group, sends false job offers to specific targets based on information given on their LinkedIn profiles.

 

They may, for example, submit a job offer with a juicy title and a zip file containing a gift. When the user opens the folder, the Trojan is automatically installed on their device. The latter gives the hackers access to all the information on the computer. After that, they sell the data.

 

 

What Is Data Scrapping?

Data Scrapping: The process of extracting data from websites into a spreadsheet or a local file stored on your computer is known as data scraping, also known as web scraping. It’s one of the most effective ways to get information from the internet, and in some cases, to send that information to another website.

 

What Is Data Scraping Used For?

Data scraping is commonly used for the following purposes:

  • Business: Online content/business intelligence research
  • Price Monitoring: Flight booking sites/price comparison sites
  • E-Commerce: Sending product information from one e-commerce platform to another
  • Market Research: By crawling public data sources, you can find sales leads and perform market research

 

 

What Is Data Breach?

A Data Breach occurs when data is compromised or stolen from a system without the owner’s knowledge or authorization.