My LinkedIn account got hacked this morning.

I woke up to these emails and when I tried to login, I saw that I was logged out of the LinkedIn app on my phone.

I noticed that a new Hotmail email and a US phone number were added to my account and the password was reset.

I don’t know what my account would have been used for in the last few hours because I don’t see any posts or messages from my account once I regained access.

Few things I did right away

- Double-checked the email addresses and phone numbers linked to my Linkedin account in settings.

- Reset my LinkedIn and email passwords.

- Added 2 factor authentication to all my email accounts. (Something I’ve been delaying for a while on a few accounts)

Anything else I need to do to keep the accounts secure?

And I’d highly recommend checking the emails and phone numbers linked to your Linkedin account every once in a while!


This post was originally shared by Baargav Duggirala on Linkedin.