{"id":231043,"date":"2026-04-04T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/linkedin-data-shared-with-israeli-intelligence-firm\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T06:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:30:24","slug":"linkedin-data-shared-with-israeli-intelligence-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/linkedin-data-shared-with-israeli-intelligence-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Data Shared With Israeli Intelligence Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskarenglish.in\/tech-science\/news\/linkedin-data-shared-human-security-israeli-intelligence-privacy-scandal-137610465.html\">LinkedIn Data Shared With Israeli Intelligence Firm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskarenglish.in\/tech-science\/news\/linkedin-data-shared-human-security-israeli-intelligence-privacy-scandal-137610465.html\">https:\/\/www.bhaskarenglish.in\/tech-science\/news\/linkedin-data-shared-human-security-israeli-intelligence-privacy-scandal-137610465.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-04 03:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.bhaskarenglish.in\">www.bhaskarenglish.in<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c49a6b85\">3 hours ago<\/span><span class=\"b96cf284\">Author: Sourabh Baghel<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">A<strong> <\/strong>new investigation has sparked serious privacy concerns about how LinkedIn handles user data. A group called Fairlinked e.V. claims the platform may have quietly collected sensitive information from as many as 405 million users without clearly informing them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The group describes the issue as part of one of the \u201c<strong>largest corporate espionage and data breach scandals in digital history.<\/strong><strong\/>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>What the investigation claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/04\/04\/linkedin-phishing_1775286361.jpg\" alt=\"Image Credits: Cybernews\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Image Credits: Cybernews<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">According to the report, LinkedIn placed special code on its website that scans users\u2019 browsers for installed software and extensions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">This code reportedly:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"d7ef6cb6\">\n<li>Checks thousands of browser extensions using unique identifiers<\/li>\n<li>Collects the results silently in the background<\/li>\n<li>Encrypts the data<\/li>\n<li>Sends it back to LinkedIn\u2019s servers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The report claims this process happens without clear user consent and is not mentioned in LinkedIn\u2019s privacy policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Investigators also allege the data may be shared with third parties, including cybersecurity firm HUMAN Security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Why this raises privacy concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Unlike many social platforms, LinkedIn profiles usually contain real identities, job titles, and employer details. That makes any extra data collection more sensitive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The investigation says LinkedIn scanned over 6,000 browser extensions, some of which could reveal deeply personal information such as:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"d7ef6cb6\">\n<li>Religious beliefs<\/li>\n<li>Political views<\/li>\n<li>Health conditions<\/li>\n<li>Neurodivergent traits<\/li>\n<li>Whether someone is secretly job hunting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The report even claims LinkedIn detected 509 job-search-related extensions, potentially exposing users looking for new roles while their employers could still view their profiles. Under the EU\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), collecting such sensitive data usually requires clear permission from users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Tracking competing software too?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The investigation also alleges LinkedIn checked for tools used by businesses, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"d7ef6cb6\">\n<li>Salesforce<\/li>\n<li>HubSpot<\/li>\n<li>Pipedrive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">In total, more than 200 competing services may have been&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskarenglish.in\/tech-science\/news\/linkedin-data-shared-human-security-israeli-intelligence-privacy-scandal-137610465.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn Data Shared With Israeli Intelligence Firm https:\/\/www.bhaskarenglish.in\/tech-science\/news\/linkedin-data-shared-human-security-israeli-intelligence-privacy-scandal-137610465.html Publish Date: 2026-04-04 03:26:00 Source Domain: www.bhaskarenglish.in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/thumb\/730x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/04\/04\/linkedin-data-scraped_1775286293.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[30,103,84],"class_list":["post-231043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy","tag-breach","tag-general-data-protection-regulation","tag-tracking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231045,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231043\/revisions\/231045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}