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Cyber security is a lot like oxygen. You don’t really think about it, until it’s not there. Today, if you have a LinkedIn account, don’t pass go, don’t collect $200, go straight to your LinkedIn settings and change your password. All kidding aside, if you have a LinkedIn account, go directly to settings, which is located under your name on the upper right hand side of the browser window, and change your password. Why? Well for openers, hackers have posted 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords on a Russian website. Because of the way the passwords were encrypted, it is very, very easy to crack them – and, so, the safest thing you can do is change your LinkedIn password immediately. No one is quite sure how the hack occurred and LinkedIn has no comment, but every cyber-security professional I spoke to today said the same thing. Just go change your LinkedIn password. It’s the only way to protect your personal data.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.