LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the April 2021 breach of LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021). For every breach, see Breaches.
The LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) data breach exposed 125,698,496 accounts from linkedin.com in April 2021. The data taken includes names, email addresses, social media profiles and education levels and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 2 Oct 2021, 6 months later. It is the 19th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021)’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Social media profiles | A way to reach you with scams. |
| Education levels | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Genders | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
| Job titles | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021) among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021).Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Expect the data to resurface.Breach data is sold and combined with other leaks for years. Stay wary of messages that know a little too much about you.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 6 months later.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Twitter (200M), January 2021, 212 million accounts
- Liker, March 2021, 465,141 accounts
- Wattpad, June 2020, 269 million accounts
- Mathway, January 2020, 26 million accounts
- Mangatoon, May 2022, 23 million accounts
- Covve, February 2020, 23 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021)”, Have I Been Pwned, added 2 Oct 2021. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- linkedin.com, LinkedIn Scraped Data (2021)’s website