Man arrested in Czech Republic suspected of hacking LinkedIn

LinkedIn on Wednesday said that a Russian man arrested a day earlier in the Czech Republic was suspected of breaching the social media company’s data.

{mosads}”Following the 2012 breach of LinkedIn member information, we have remained actively involved with the FBI’s case to pursue those responsible. We are thankful for the hard work and dedication of the FBI in its efforts to locate and capture the parties believed to be responsible for this criminal activity,” LinkedIn said in a statement. 

Czech officials on Tuesday announced the man was arrested over alleged hacks against the U.S.

The Czech police announcement contained little information but mentioned the FBI’s involvement and said extradition would be determined by judicial authorities. 

A hacker known as Peace gained notoriety by selling a purported database of 117 million usernames and passwords from the 2012 LinkedIn hack and other breaches on the dark web.

Peace recently claimed to be selling user information from a breach at Yahoo weeks before Yahoo announced its 500 million account breach. 

Russian hackers are under intense public scrutiny for state-sponsored hacks against Democratic groups and other prominent U.S. figures. 

Law enforcement officials confirmed to Politico that the man arrested in the Czech Republic was not thought to be connected to the Russian attacks on U.S. political groups.