[kwlug-disc] My Linkedin was hacked today.

CrankyOldBugger crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 22:24:05 EST 2015


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On Thu Jan 22 2015 at 9:48:51 PM Joe Wennechuk <
youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I believe my linkedin was hacked this afternoon... What Should I do?
> please dont accept any invites or anything from me, or open ant attachments
> etc... for the next little while I figure it out..I hope I haven't opened
> all of my linkedin contacts to some spamming situation.
>
> I just checked my email and saw an email (below) saying that my Linkedin
> Password had been successuflly reset.. It is not my IP!... And I would not
> be using Windows or IE either.
>
> Hi Joseph,
>  You've successfully changed your LinkedIn password.
>  Thanks for using LinkedIn!
> The LinkedIn Team
> When and where this happened:
> Date: January 22, 2015 2:09 PM
> Browser: IE
> Operating System: Windows
> IP Address: 70.25.5.70
> Approximate Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
>
> I immediately clicked on the "this was not me" link as shown below..
>
> <Didn't do this? Be sure to change your password right away.>
>
> and then I received an email with a reset link.. and reset it to a 2
> character pwgen password. But in this case I received two emails.. One with
> the reset link, and another stating that I had reset it. where in the
> presumed hack instance I just received the email stating it had changed.
>
> The email I just received with the recent pwgen change is below and
> reflects my current IP which has not changed in at least the past few days
> and I think is correct
>
> Hi Joseph,
> You've successfully changed your LinkedIn password.
> Thanks for using LinkedIn!
> The LinkedIn Team
> hen and where this happened:
> Date: January 22, 2015 8:46 PM
> Browser: Chrome
> Operating System: Linux
> IP Address: 108.168.14.107
> Approximate Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
> Didn't do this? Be sure to change your password right away.
>
> Does anyone have any advice for me? What other possible things should I be
> worried about?
>
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