SO GLAD that I did not just abandon my acc there when I stopped using it, but I changed every single item of personal information there into some meaningless junk before I closed (they call it “deleted” ha ha) the account.
Update passwords to something actually hard to brute force and turn on two factor authentication and it should (hopefully) prevent this from happening to you.
I hate how "hack" is used for any kind of breach. This is 100% credential re-use or a shit password:
The attackers appear to be using leaked credentials or brute-forcing to attempt to take control of a large number of LinkedIn accounts.
And
For accounts that are appropriately protected by strong passwords and/or two-factor authentication, the multiple takeover attempts resulted in a temporary account lock imposed by the platform as a protection measure.
That's not to say LinkedIn isn't a steaming pile of garbage, but to say this is a "hack" is disingenuous.
In computer security the term “hack” and “hacking” is very wide. Trying to access accounts or data that you are meant to be unathorized to use is a hack. Which they clearly are here.
thats also the curse of linkedin. imagine theres no advertising. compare it to say the burningman crowd where your art speaks volumes and your chosen name is the legend. an army of banksy’s collaborating. there once was a dream of the web, and commercialization wasn’t the goal.