A $5 million class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn was dismissed, before the case ever breathed the air of a court trial. The suit claimed that LinkedIn didn’t store passwords in hashed format, thereby failing to adhere to its Privacy Policys promise to use industry standard protocols and technology to protect personally identifiable information. Plaintiffs claimed to have gotten gipped after they ponied up premium membership fee but then didn’t get the industry-standard security the privacy policy promised. US District Judge Edward J. Davila said the plaintiffs didn’t pay extra for security, given that it was promised to both premium and basic (free) memberships alike.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/08/linkedin-lawsuit-data-breach/