LinkedIn sued over hacking incident that exposed six million passwords (Jeff John Roberts/GigaOM)
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
LinkedIn sued over hacking incident that exposed six million passwords — LinkedIn will get to connect with a federal judge after an embarrassing security breach in early June. The social network for professionals has been hit with a class action seeking at least $5 million over an incident that exposed millions of user passwords.
How attacks on social networks work - CNET News
SAN FRANCISCO--Symantec detailed some of the dirty secrets of Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ threats at its annual reviewers' workshop here today, and revealed a planned project to protect you from social networking manipulators. The project ...