LivingSocial says its website was hacked and that personal data of approximately 50 million customers may have been compromised.
The company announced today that names, email addresses, and passwords may have been compromised by the said attack, however, the company cleared that the database containing the customer’s credit card information was not affected. LivingSocial is now working with the authorities to investigate the hacking and the company is contacting customers from across the globe where it operates to let them know about the attack through e-mail, requesting customers to reset their passwords and to disregard any e-mails claiming to be from LivingSocial that asks for their personal and account information.
The company also posted a banner on their website that reads: "Important notice for customers. If you haven't already updated your LivingSocial password, please update it now."
The company did not explain how the hacking occurred, but they described it as a cyber attack that "resulted in unauthorised access to some customer data from our servers".
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