- In a statement, LinkedIn said it did not experience a data breach. After conducting an investigation, the company determined the data of more than 500 million accounts was "actually an aggregation of data from a number of websites and companies."
- Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, announced it will launch an investigation into the alleged incident.
- Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data contacted LinkedIn for clarification regarding the potential breach.
- In a response sent to the South China Morning Post, LinkedIn reiterated its conclusion that the data was scraped and aggregated from other websites.
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