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The Indian subsidiary of online deals giant Groupon has accidentally published email addresses and passwords from its subscriber database<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ouch! Really bad!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Groupon said in a statement sent to AFP that it “was alerted to a security issue” affecting its Sosasta.com subsidiary last Friday<\/strong> and that it “corrected the problem immediately”.<\/p>\n

Sosasta, an online discount portal acquired in January 2011<\/strong>, informed its subscribers Tuesday and posted a message on its Facebook page asking users to “change your Sosasta password immediately”.<\/p>\n

Daniel Grzelak, founder of the Internet security website shouldichangemypassword.com<\/strong>, found the security breach while running a Google search for publicly available databases of email addresses and passwords.<\/p>\n

“A few hours and tweaks later, this database came up,” he told the Internet security site risky.biz, which said SoSasta’s database contained information on 300,000 people<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

“I started scrolling, and scrolling, and I couldn’t get to the bottom of the file. Then I realized how big it actually was.” <\/p>\n

Grzelak’s website holds a database of 1.3 million compromised email addresses, allowing users to check if their own email address is among those deemed unsafe.<\/p>\n

Groupon said it would review Sosasta’s security procedures<\/strong> thoroughly and put in place “measures designed to prevent this kind of issue from recurring.” <\/p>\n

“Groupon takes security and privacy very seriously. Our users’ trust is of paramount importance to us and we deeply regret this incident,” the firm said.<\/p>\n

“This issue does not affect data from any other country or region.”<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Groupon, based in Chicago, announced plans to go public earlier this month, after turning down a US$6 billion takeover offer from Google last year<\/strong>. It currently has 83.1 million subscribers and operates in 43 countries.<\/p>\n

The company operates on the principle of collective buying, negotiating with businesses to offer discounted purchases which come into effect when a minimum number of subscribers agree to pay for the same deal.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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