Social networking site, LinkedIn, with 161 million users worldwide has finally confirmed that 'some' of the LinkedIn passwords have been compromised, with the reassurance that they are in the process of bringing the situation under control.

It was reported that over 6 million passwords had been leaked and posted on an online forum in Russia. The file contained 6.5 million unique hashed passwords. On Wednesday morning Vicente Silveira confirmed the hack, and stated that "We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts. We are continuing to investigate this situation."