Linckedin was hacked !?

Computer security experts and news agencies worldwide are reporting an outrageous hack causing the leak of about 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords today. Below are details of the LinkedIn hack and tips to avoid identity theft due to this jeopardy.
http://privacy-pc.com/news/linkedin-is-hac…-passwords.html

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