MEDIUM EXPOSURE
Sector: Professional Social Network
LinkedIn
Targeted Breach
Data from roughly 92% of all LinkedIn users was scraped by exploiting official APIs. While passwords weren't breached, massive highly correlated datasets of emails, phone numbers, and workplace histories were aggregated and sold, fueling incredible spear-phishing campaigns.
Total Assets Compromised
700 Million Profiles
Primary Kill Chain Vector
API Abuse / Data Scraping
Incident Timeline Marker
April 2021
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