Hackers strike again this summer ... this time it's LinkedIn. I guess recruitment agencies are a little desperate ... to  try and find the right jobs for their clients.

"Social networking website LinkedIn is investigating claims that over six million of its users' passwords have been leaked onto the internet.

Hackers posted a file containing encrypted passwords onto a Russian web forum. They have invited the hacking community to help with decryption.

LinkedIn, which has over 150 million users, has not released a formal statement, but tweeted: "Our team is currently looking into reports."

Security researcher Graham Cluley told the BBC he believed the breach was genuine. "We've confirmed there are LinkedIn passwords in the data."

Source: BBC

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