An archive with data purportedly scraped from 500 million LinkedIn profiles has been put for sale on a popular hacker forum, with another 2 million records leaked as a proof-of-concept sample by people behind the hack.
"This uptick in new entrepreneurs was particularly strong in the fields of mental healthcare, e-learning and online media," according to the latest LinkedIn 'Workforce Confidence Index'.
The hacking group has used multiple platforms to communicate with potential targets, including Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, Discord, Keybase and email.
India has remained cautiously optimistic and resilient in the face of uncertainty, and overall confidence scores remained steady between plus-50 and plus-57 from April to November.
According to the company, LinkedIn's new Career Explorer tool helps professionals identify new career paths where most required skills overlap with their current roles.
More professionals are turning to LinkedIn Learning to increase their knowledge capital, watching more than 1 million hours of content each week -- more than double the amount a year ago.
LinkedIn survey showed that two in five professionals are experiencing increased stress or anxiety due to Covid, and as the pandemic took hold only one in five professionals were offered more time off for well-being