6.5 Million LinkedIn Passwords Stolen

Go, change your password—quick!

The social networking site LinkedIn said Wednesday it is looking into reports that 6.5 million user passwords have been leaked.

“Our team continues to investigate, but at this time, we’re still unable to confirm that any security breach has occurred,” the company said on its Twitter feed.

The breach was first reported by the Norweigan IT website Dagens IT, claiming that 6.5 million encrypted passwords had been posted to a Russian hacker site, according to The Next Web.

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