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As Scope of 2012 Breach Expands, LinkedIn to Again Reset Passwords for Some Users

May 18, 2016

A 2012 data breach that was thought to have exposed 6.5 million hashed passwords for LinkedIn users instead likely impacted more than 117 million accounts, the company now says. In response, the business networking giant said today that it would once again force a password reset for individual users thought to be impacted in the expanded breach.