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LinkedIn has become a prime hunting ground for cyber criminals – here’s what you need to look out for
LinkedIn has emerged as a lucrative hunting ground for cyber criminals in recent years, with threat actors conducting a range of social engineering campaigns centered around fake job offers. Last year, security company Clear Sky revealed a social engineering campaign using fraudulent LinkedIn identities to trick users into downloading malware with these job offers, for example. Led by an Iranian…
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LinkedIn lawsuit over AI model training withdrawn
A lawsuit accusing LinkedIn of using customer data to train its AI models has been dropped. Last month, a class action case was filed against the Microsoft-owned professional networking firm in a California federal court on behalf of LinkedIn user Alessandro De La Torre. The suit accused the company of disclosing Premium customers’ private messages to third parties to train…
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Linkedin sued for training AI on users’ private messages – Computerworld
A lawsuit in California accuses Linkedin of using private messages on its platform to train AI models, according to the BBC. The lawsuit alleges that in August 2024, the Microsoft-owned social network allegedly introduced a new privacy setting that automatically enrolled users in a program that allowed their personal data to be used for AI training. Linkedin also reportedly tried…
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LinkedIn faces lawsuit amid claims it shared users’ private messages to train AI models
In a US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users, the professional networking app has been accused of using members’ private messages to train AI models. Filed in a California federal court, the lawsuit, on behalf of LinkedIn user Alessandro De La Torre, accuses the company of breaching its contractual promises by disclosing Premium customers’ private messages to third…
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Hackers are using a LinkedIn recruitment scam to snare unsuspecting jobseekers
An investigation has revealed details of an Iranian social engineering campaign using fraudulent LinkedIn identities to trick victims into downloading malware with fake job offers. Clear Sky Security recently published information on the infrastructure and techniques employed in a threat campaign using a ‘dream job’ scam to target the jobseekers in the aerospace industry. The attack has been attributed to…
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LinkedIn fined €310 million for GDPR breaches
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has hit LinkedIn with a €310 million fine after ruling it misused personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising. The ruling follows a complaint submitted to the French data protection authority in 2018 by privacy non-profit La Quadrature Du Net, and later referred to the DPC as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn. The…
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Ireland fines LinkedIn €310 million over targeted advertising
LinkedIn received a €310 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating European Union’s law related to the processing of personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising. The penalty follows an inquiry into the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency of LinkedIn’s data processing, which started from a complaint several years ago from French non-profit org La Quadrature Du Net. According to the…
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LinkedIn backtracks on controversial AI training rules after user backlash
LinkedIn has suspended the use of UK user data for AI training following a fierce backlash from digital rights campaigners, users, and regulators. The social network recently changed its privacy policy to use an ‘opt-out’ setting for the use of customer data to train its internal AI models. In an update to its policies, the Microsoft-owned firm said the use…
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