[LINK] Millions of LinkedIn passwords leaked online

Ash Nallawalla anallawalla at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 9 08:31:24 AEST 2012


I powered down yesterday and restarted the phone.  Today I was asked to log
in with the new password. 

I hadn't used the app for many weeks, but had turned off the phone a few
times, so a session cookie seems unlikely. LI Support said they had to
escalate my question but haven't "solved" it yet. 

Ash

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johann Kruse
 
> On 8 June 2012 16:25, Craig Sanders <cas at taz.net.au> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 02:38:48PM +1000, Johann Kruse wrote:
> >> A day and a half after I changed my password and the mobile app is
> >> still signing in, showing new Invitations, allowing me to accept
> >> them, etc.  I have not yet entered the new password.
> >
> > have you rebooted the phone or killed and restarted the app?
> >
> > it may still have a valid session cookie or similar.
> 
> I hadn't, but I just did and.. it still works!!





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