Even semi-active LinkedIn users knew about the breach and have changed their passwords. (A note to Twitter users. For months before the LinkedIn problem, Twitter accounts of people who rarely tweet were being hacked.)
In addition to changing passwords, LinkedIn users should be careful about documents they post on Boxnet. Both the right people and the wrong ones can see resumes posted on Boxnet. That means they have at least two key pieces of information about you: your name and home address. My wife, an ad copy writer and journalist, has received C.V.s that contained doctor's dates of birth and their Social Security number. If they have this as a PDF attached to their website in a document accessible on LinkedIn, they are potential victims of identity theft.
The answer to my acquaintance's question about how who was impacted by the LinkedIn security lapse is: We really don't know yet. One thing is for sure. LinkedIn management was penny wise and pound foolish for not taking the extra $tep$ to prevent penetration.
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