Information scraped from around 500 million LinkedIn user profiles is part of a database posted for sale on a website popular with hackers, the company confirmed Thursday.

LinkedIn began notifying users about AI training this week LinkedIn said on its website this week that it is updating its user agreement and changes will go into effect on Nov. 20.

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LinkedIn profiles have the “Use my data for training content creation AI models” setting turned on by default, and it’s been left up to users to turn it off.

That's a massive chunk of LinkedIn's user base of 400 million. The data breach first happened in 2012, and at the time was thought to only affect some users' passwords.

Some LinkedIn data, including publicly viewable member profile, has been scraped and posted for sale, Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) professional networking site said based on an investigation.

LinkedIn user warns of Chatbot scams offering jobs, netizens say ‘caught AI red-handed’—here's how to avoid them A LinkedIn user reported a scam where a chatbot claimed to offer job ...

LinkedIn lost its case against Hiq Labs in 2019 after the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFAA does not prohibit a company from scraping data that is publicly accessible on the ...