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RedFlagDeals.com Pwned…. Change Your Passwords Now

Posted in Commentary with tags , on January 12, 2017 by itnerd

If you’re a user of the popular deals site RedFlagDeals.com, they apparently got hacked. In 2013. That’s right. They were hacked four years ago but the data was dumped today. More details are available hereNo personal information was obtained in this hack, only usernames and encrypted passwords were swiped. Users are encouraged to change their passwords as soon as possible.

One has to wonder why this wasn’t detected before now.