500 million LinkedIn users’ data is for sale on a hacker site (CNN) – An archive including user IDs, names, email addresses, phone numbers, genders, professional titles and links to other social media profiles was being auctioned off on the forum for a four-figure sum. However, the database for sale “is actually an aggregation of data from a number of websites and companies” and not a breach.
US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs (AP) – The Labor Department said Thursday that applications increased by 16,000 from 728,000 a week earlier. Before the pandemic erupted, weekly applications typically remained below 220,000 a week.