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Compromised LinkedIn account. anything to do?

1 pointsby robertkarljrabout 1 year ago
Last night I got a stream of emails from LinkedIn.<p>* here&#x27;s your PIN XYZXYZ * your password was successfully reset * here&#x27;s your PIN XYZXYZ * Robert, a new email address was added to your account<p>The new email is a hotmail account that is not mine.<p>I reported it via some LinkedIn tool but I&#x27;m concerned that will get discarded by a robot. Is there anything to do?<p>Also, https:&#x2F;&#x2F;linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;robertkarl&#x2F; is no longer me.

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robertkarljrabout 1 year ago
Well, LinkedIn responded promptly with an email asking me to upload a copy of my ID.<p>They use a third party service called Persona for this. We&#x27;ll see what happens
robertkarljrabout 1 year ago
color me surprised but LinkedIn made this super easy and convenient.<p>A couple hours later and they resolved it.<p>(I should note I use a password manager; never reuse passwords; usually have 2-fac enabled but did not for LinkedIn. Now I do....)