LinkedIn says some user data scraped and posted for sale


FILE PHOTO Small toy figures are seen between displayed U.S. flag and Linkedin logo in this illustration picture August 30 2018. To match Exclusive LINKEDIN-CHINAESPIONAGE  REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen between displayed U.S. flag and Linkedin logo in this illustration picture, August 30, 2018. To match Exclusive LINKEDIN-CHINA/ESPIONAGE REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -Some LinkedIn data, including publicly viewable member profile, has been scraped and posted for sale, Microsoft Corp's professional networking site said based on an investigation.

The incident was not a data breach and no private member account data from the platform was included, LinkedIn said in a blog post https://bit.ly/3uB4nEy on Thursday, adding that the information on sale is a collection of data from a number of websites and companies.

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