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24 FEDA News & Views ➤ If you use your current LinkedIn password on other accounts, imme- diately change the password on those accounts as well. ➤ Take advantage of LinkedIn's Two- Step authentication. With Two-Step, when you log in to LinkedIn from a new device, LinkedIn will send you a code that you must enter before you can access your account. This ensures no one but you can modify your profi le and login information. Go to https://www.linkedin.com/ help/linkedin/suggested/544 for instructions on setting up Two-Step. ➤ Consider using a password manager, which is a service that allows you to create and remember one master password. Your password manager will then automatically create virtu- ally unhackable passwords for all of your accounts. It will also use your master password to automatically log you in when you visit a pro- tected site. The two best password managers are Dashlane and LastPass. ➤ If your LinkedIn account was breached, and/or your email address is showing up in step No. 1 above, consider purchasing an ID theft monitoring service. My good friend and colleague, John Sileo, has a great blog post and video where he shares what to look for when considering different products. View it at http:// www.sileo.com/identity-theft-ser- vices-is-monitoring-worth-it/. Finally, remember that the breach hap- pened four years ago. The latest update is just that it was larger than originally thought. Since that time, LinkedIn has dramatically improved its security, and they take great care to protect member information. That said, it's always a good idea to change your passwords on a regular basis. Hopefully you were not one of the impacted LinkedIn members, or you've already changed your LinkedIn login information during the past couple of years. Regardless, take this breach seri- ously and consider implementing the steps above to keep your important information private and out of the hands of people who could damage your repu- tation, or worse, your bank account. Change Your LinkedIn Password Today Why Should You Care? Think back four years ago. If you were like many, you used the same username and password for multiple accounts. Meaning, your LinkedIn login informa- tion may have been the same login that you used for your bank account, or your email account—your Facebook account. Maybe your password is still the same. What Should You Do? There are a few steps you might want to consider: ➤ See if your email address has been stolen, or is now being pawned on the Internet Black Market. You can run a self-test at Have I Been Pwned. com. ➤ If your email does show up, change your LinkedIn password immediate- ly. Even if your email address does not show up, it's probably a good idea to change it. Use at least 15 characters with a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters like %, &, #, etc. Go to https://www.linkedin.com/ help/linkedin/suggested/2873 for the instructions to change your LinkedIn password. By Sam Richter Image Courtesy of rvlsoft/Shutterstock.com By Sam Richter In 2012, LinkedIn reported that a hacker breached its security and stole account login information. It was pretty big news at the time, but nothing compared to the news last month when LinkedIn announced that the data breach was much worse than initially believed. In fact, instead of the originally reported 6.5 million members who had their personal information stolen, it is now estimated that more than 117 million accounts were compromised. Password Today In 2012, LinkedIn reported that a hacker breached its security and stole account login information. It was pretty big news at the time, but nothing compared to the news last month when LinkedIn announced that the data breach was much worse than initially believed. In fact, instead of the originally reported 6.5 million members who had their personal information stolen, it is now estimated that more than 117 million accounts were compromised. than initially believed. In fact, instead of the originally reported 6.5 million members who had their personal information stolen, it is now estimated that more than 117 million accounts were compromised.