LinkedIn claims ProAPIs operates a network of fake accounts that scrape its members’ data, such as company and school information, before selling the information to subscribers.
LinkedIn is suing a company it claims used a network of millions of fake accounts to scrape data from its members and sell it to third parties on an “industrial scale”—charging clients up to $15,000 per month for access to the data.
In a lawsuit filed in a Northern California federal court, LinkedIn accuses the software firm ProAPIs of undermining “the confidence that LinkedIn members place in the company to protect their information” and of harming and threatening the platform. The suit also names the company’s CEO, Rahmat Alam.
LinkedIn claims the network of fake accounts “scrapes” member data such as company and school information, as well as posts, reactions, and comments.
