DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

LivingSocial

bd_7116f7564a2cd57e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Apr 26, 2013

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for LivingSocial

LivingSocial, Inc. reported a cyber-attack on April 5, 2013, resulting in unauthorized access to customer data including names, email addresses, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords. Credit card information was not accessed. The company expired old passwords and requested customers create new ones, while working with law enforcement on the investigation.

Incident timeline

Apr 5, 2013

Begins

Apr 26, 2013

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGApr 26 · first
California State AGApr 26 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.