The data breach was discovered on June 22 when the hacker responsible advertised the sale of the data on a forum on the dark web. The hacker posted a sample of one million records on the dark web. From this sample, the data was confirmed to be genuine and up to date. Some of the personal information the hacker obtained include:
Email addresses
Full names
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Geolocation records
LinkedIn usernames and profile URLs
Personal and professional experience and background
Genders
Connected social media accounts and usernames
Inferred salaries
The hacker was not able to obtain the LinkedIn passwords of the users nor any financial records. But the above-mentioned data is still valuable as it exposes LinkedIn users to a higher risk of exploitation by bad actors.
SOURCE: https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-04-data-breach-microsoft-linkedin-personal-data-users.html