In 2012, over 117 million LinkedIn users ' passwords were abused by a enormous cyber assault by a hacker called "Peace." The same hacker raised his head after the dust settled from the initial attack, new protocols were established and the breach was all but forgotten in the public eye. "Peace" started releasing nearly five years ago the same LinkedIn users ' stolen password data from the previous hack.
The need for tight safety on the social media platform is evident with millions of user data (or billions, in the case of Facebook) floating around the internet. Every day, Facebook alone disclosed more than 600,000 efforts at safety hacking. (Compared to the NSA's 300 million attempted hacks each day, it's nothing.
infographic by: www.varonis.com
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