The social networking site LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/) - a sort of Facebook for professionals - has allegedly had a possible security breach with some 6.5 million passwords leaked from the site. Many professional genealogists use the site, so a quick message for you - to be safe, it's probably best to change your password asap.
The BBC has the story at www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18338956
Chris
Check out my Scotland's Greatest Story research service www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk
New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder... www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx (from June 12th 2012)
The GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS) ceased publication on 14 FEB 2020. You will now find all the latest genealogy news and views on Scottish GENES at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com. The GENES Blog archive will remain live, with a record of the genealogy news for Britain and Ireland from 2013-2020. Thank you!
Showing posts with label LinkedIn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LinkedIn. Show all posts
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)