"LinkedIn Data Found in Unsecured Databases"

LinkedIn used eight unsecured databases which held approximately 60 million records of LinkedIn user information.  The unsecured data contained: LinkedIn profile information, including IDs, profile URLs, work history, education history, location, listed skills, other social profiles, the last time the profile was updated, and email address when the LinkedIn account was created.  LinkedIn investigated the issue and concluded that a third-party company exposed a set of data aggregated from LinkedIn public profiles, as well as other, non-LinkedIn sources. LinkedIn has no indication that there has been a breach.  Amazon, who was hosting the databases was notified, and as of April 15, 2019, the databases were secured and were no longer accessible via the internet.

Infosecurity reports: "LinkedIn Data Found in Unsecured Databases"