In 2006, Bjergegaard co-founded Rainmaking Ltd., a ‘start-up factory’ that launches start-up companies, builds them into solid businesses and eventually exits them. Rainmaking has so far launched 15 start-up companies

According to a new report from Dagens IT, a Norwegian website, nearly 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn passwords have been dumped onto a Russian hacker forum.

LinkedIn has reported via Twitter that its “Our team continues to investigate, but at this time, we’re still unable to confirm that any security breach has occurred. Stay tuned here.”

The professional social networking site reported in February that they had 150 million users so the dump affects less than 5% of users but I’d be sure to change my password just in case.

- Fergal is a journalist with a particular interest in technology and social media. He has written for Irish national newspapers such as the Irish Independent and is currently working on a research project at NUI Galway investigating journalist's use of social media. Follow @gallagherfergal