Online news is all agoogle over LivingSocial’s hacking attack, reportedly exposing the data of 50 million LivingSocialites.
50 Million accounts hacked… 150 countries… Literally billions of thousands of dozens of daily deals EXPOSED!
LivingSocial (@LivingSocial) stresses that no credit card info was compromised so our question is probably the same as yours… “What’s the BFD?”
LivingSocial doesn’t facilitate private communications between users or private profile photos, so what’s the real danger here?
Actually, just realized that people could now find out I used that 2-for-1 coupon get double my Luna: Whole Nutrition Bars for Women. I guess that’s out there now.
They really are delicious though and dudes need essential nutrients and fiber too. S’mores flavor.
But seriously, so you went kayaking for $40 and got an amazing discount on Zapp’s Spicy Cajun Crawtators or you told your friends you had summer rash when you were really taking paddle board lessons at a bargain basement price.
One interesting implication would be if someone, a friend or enemy (the lines can blur when something potentially hilarious could ensue) is able to access your freshly hacked LivingSocial account and sign you up to receive coupons for things like nudist unicycling or interpretive massage.
Mashable posted this letter from LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy to employees.
Favorite part is “This e-mail is important, so please read it to the end.” They rightly cut “Don’t get bored when you get to the ‘cyber-attack on our systems’ part and mark this as spam again.”
For more background on the implications of this mega hack event, please refer to the video and story from Social Media Bar.
