If you've discovered your LinkedIn account was hacked (as I did), you should act immediately to get it restored. Here's how I resolved the issue.

Key Takeaways. Once you know the steps, deleting your LinkedIn account is quick and easy. Before deleting your account, download any data you want to keep, such as messages, connections, and other ...

If you are using LinkedIn without enabling 2FA and your account gets hacked, you won’t be able to login to your account only, forget about going to settings and turning on 2FA later.

LinkedIn marked the problem as resolved Tuesday afternoon, at 1 p.m. ET. Users’ idea that the issue was driven by a purge wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility.