Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog checking whether city residents exposed in massive LinkedIn data leak


Names, emails, phone numbers and workplace details that reportedly belong to 500 million users being offered for sale on hacking forum. Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has asked the US-based company for clarification on whether any residents are affected in the second big data breach this week. — SCMP

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog was seeking clarifications on Wednesday night from career networking site LinkedIn over residents’ possible exposure from a reported leak of personal data involving 500 million users worldwide.

Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Ada Chung Lai-ling said she was trying to reach out to the United States-based company after online publication CyberNews reported that information on roughly 500 million LinkedIn users was being offered for sale on a popular hacking forum.

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