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Cyber Minds

The Password Problem: Inside the LinkedIn 2012 Breach

02 Sep 2025

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In 2012, LinkedIn—one of the world’s largest professional networking sites—suffered a massive data breach that exposed more than 6.5 million hashed passwords. What seemed at first like a contained incident would later be revealed as one of the largest security compromises of its time, with over 117 million accounts ultimately affected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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