More than 1,00,000 accounts and other essential backend data were reported missing. The alleged behind the attack recently confessed to a Californian federal court, accepting their attempts to break into Linked-in’s remote training sites and other Uber facilities through Lynda. Jucy Koh, the Justice hearing the case, later told the Press that the miscreants held Lynda’s data ransom for a while. They approached LinkedIn and demanded money through wire transfers to offshore accounts. The demand was, however, denied by company officials.
Conspiracy Sketched From 2014: Says Judge
The prosecution released a statement claiming the hackers admitted to other security breaches as well. This included the 2016 Uber hack, which incurred losses of over $1.12 Millions. The hackers, Vasile and Brandon, are residents of Canada and the USA, respectively. Reportedly, the hacker duo won the Uber bounty program and earned a whopping sum of $100,000. However, they were reluctant to sign the NDA agreements with the company. After a long stand-off, they finally agreed to the clauses. The heated confrontation probably instigated them to pull off a system hack into the Uber-subsidiary Lynda.com, sources claim. Hacking is a severe issue in the USA and not taken lightly. The laws are stringent, and according to The Chronicle, the duo can face up to 5 years in prison. Depending on the judgment (to arrive by 2020), they can also face being fined an amount of $500,000 in bonds.
