A recent hacking breach impacted more than 50 million users of the daily deals website, LivingSocial. Names, email addresses, birthdates and encrypted passwords may have been improperly accessed by the hackers. Personal financial information was not implicated since LivingSocial stores such information separately from other personal data.
While little information is available about the incident, the website has urged users to change passwords. It is a good idea for all consumers to change passwords frequently, use passwords with that are complex, and maintain different passwords for different websites.