Ecommerce site LivingSocial had its computer systems hacked last Friday, resulting in a compromise of more than 50 million users personal data .The Hackers have gained access to personal data of Living Social customers including their names , email adresess , date of birth , encrypted passwords among other sensitive information.The hackers did not get access to credit card information which served a huge relief to Living Social's customers .The company representative said that servers in certain countries,including South Korea ,Thailand ,Indonesia and Philippines were not affected.The visitor's on Living Social are welcomed with a new bright banner notice asking existing customers to update their accounts.Besides a personal email was sent to each customer asking them to change their passwords.The email also asked customers to change their passwords on all the other websites similar to LivingSocial.com incase they have the same password."The security of your information is our priority. We always strive to ensure the security of our customer information, and we are redoubling efforts to prevent any issues in the future," the email said.
Another mail was sent by the head of Livingsocial.com to 'Living Socialites' -staff at LivingSocial.com which said , "We need to do the right thing for our customers who place their trust in us," adding "We'll all need to work incredibly hard over the coming days and weeks to validate that faith and trust."LivingSocial says it is not sure how the hack happened and is closely working with government authorities to solve the issue. The hack is only one of them in a chain of cyber attacks on facebook , Evernote, which happened recently.Only last Tuesday, the Associated Press' Twitter account was compromised, causing the stockmarket to briefly plunge as false reports of explosions at the White House circulated.Share your thoughts below.