Got a LinkedIn account? Its time to change your password. In the recent hacking spree, a hacker posted around 6.5 Million passwords stolen from various sites including .

LinkedIn initially tried to deny the news that the compromised password contains its data. Though it did tell that it is looking in to the incident. Earlier this day LinkedIn official twitter account put this status:

Two days back only it was reported that LinkedIn’s mobile apps transmits data in plain text. The recent hack comes on this line only. After the intial denial, and advised the users to change their passwords.

How to know if your password was among the compromised ones?

Its very simple. If you are not able to access LinkedIn using your current password it means your password was also compromised and it is no longer valid on the site. According to , members who have been affected will be notified by email and will be instructed thereafter to change their password.

How to change LinkedIn password?

If you think that since you can access LinkedIn your password is safe, you may be risking a lot. It is advised to change your password immediately. If you do not know how to do that, follow the instructions below:

• Log in to your account
• Go to the top right and click on your name and click on Settings
• Now you will can see an option to change the password
• Put your old password and change it with the new one.

I hope that you were not among the victims of this breach. Consider a series of security breach, do you think big hot-shot companies are not taking security issues seriously?