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LivingSocial hacked, your details could be out

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Sharath Kumar
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Daily deal website LivingSocial has become the latest victim of yet another high-profile hack.

In an internal email, CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy says that the cyber-attack gave hackers access to its users' names, email addresses, birthdates, and encrypted passwords. The passwords were thankfully both hashed and salted, so unlike some other large hacks targeting customer information, your login credentials could be safe. Nevertheless, LivingSocial has asked all users to reset their passwords in the wake of the attack.

AllThingsD, which obtained the email, reports that the company has confirmed that the data breach affects 50 million users worldwide (except for those in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines). LivingSocial says that its database that stores its customers' credit card information, as well as another database containing merchant information, remains untouched.

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