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June 21, 2012 07:15 pm GMT

LinkedIn Slapped With $5 Million Lawsuit Over Password Breach




The news just keeps getting worse for LinkedIn. The social network for work professionals is being sued for $5 million after more than 6 million of its users' passwords were leaked online earlier this month.

Katie Szpyrka, a LinkedIn user from Illinois, filed the lawsuit. She claims LinkedIn deceived its more than 160 million members by having a security policy "in clear contradiction of accepted industry standards for database security." Szpyrka is seeking class-action status for the suit.

LinkedIn spokeswoman Erin O'Harra told Reuters that "no member account has been breached as a result of the incident, and we have no reason to believe that any LinkedIn member has been injured," som…
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