On June 6, LinkedIn’s official blog confirmed that a portion of their password database has been hacked and account passwords have been stolen. LinkedIn will be disabling the affected accounts and will e-mail account holders further instructions for resetting the password. Visit the link above for more information about this process.
LinkedIn also published a set of recommendations for protecting your account: Updating Your Password on LinkedIn and Other Account Security Best Practices.
This seems like a good time to remind the community about Middlebury College’s Password Policy, which also contains a set of password standards. One of these standards states: i) Users must NEVER use the same password for Middlebury College accounts as for non-Middlebury College access.
Please remember that you can get up-to-date security tips and news from the LIS Information Security page.