The regulator said Italy has one of the highest number of subscribers to LinkedIn in Europe and called on affected users to ‘pay particular attention to any anomalies’ related to their phone number and their account. — Background photo created by ijeab - www.freepik.com
Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn faces a probe by the Italian privacy watchdog following a leak of personal data, including users’ names and phone numbers.
The Italian authority said in a statement late Thursday that it started an investigation following “the dissemination of user data, including IDs, full names, email addresses, telephone numbers”.
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