Groupon reveals security breach in India
“
was alerted to a security issue
Groupon said in a statement sent to AFP that it "was alerted to a security issue" affecting its Sosasta.com subsidiary last Friday and that it "corrected the problem immediately
Sosasta, an online discount portal acquired in January 2011, informed its subscribers Tuesday and posted a message on its Facebook page asking users to "change your Sosasta password immediately
"A few hours and tweaks later, this database came up," he told the Internet security site risky.biz
Daniel Grzelak, founder of the Internet security website shouldichangemypassword.com, found the security breach while running a Google search for publicly available databases of email addresses and passwords
"I started scrolling, and scrolling, and I couldn't get to the bottom of the file
Opinions