The Data Protection Commissioner wants people who use the deals website Living-Social to change their passwords.

It's after 480-thousand users of the site were found to have been targeted by hackers, who accessed their personal details.

Users are being advised to change their passwords on the site and on other online accounts that use the same password, in order to prevent further attacks.

According to the Irish Independent, the breach at Living-Social was reported to the Data Protection Commissioner on the 26th of April.