It seems that the recent security breach at Linkedin, whereby millions of passwords have been reportedly compromised, may be worse than originally reported.
Accountancy Age reports that the original figure of 6.5 million passwords being breached may be far short of the mark, and that the figure could be considerably higher.
The security firm Imperva claims that even though only around 6.5 million encrypted
passwords have been posted online, it is likely that the unknown hacker has
far more data.
Therefore those of you who have a Linkedin account are strongly advised to change your passwords to new, more secure and unique ones.
Linkedin have yet to tell its members about the breach, or advise them as to what they should do.
This is not an example of effective crisis management, and will damage the brand, reputation and share value of the company.
