Leading business networking site, LinkedIn has said that the hackers have stolen passwords of some its users. The hackers have released 6.5 million stolen passwords there were released on a hacker portal in Russia.
The breach of the networking site is significant because of the amount of sensitive personal information stored by its users on the site. There are suggestions that the hackers might now dupe high level executives to spread malware. The site has informed its users to change their passwords.