ShellCodeX Breach Report
Adult FriendFinder (2015) Data Breach
adultfriendfinder.com
Verified breach
Sensitive
Accounts exposed
3,867,997
Breach date
21 May 2015
Added to tracker
22 May 2015
Data classes
10
What happened
In May 2015, the adult hookup site Adult FriendFinder was hacked and nearly 4 million records dumped publicly. The data dump included extremely sensitive personal information about individuals and their relationship statuses and sexual preferences combined with personally identifiable information.
Exposed data
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Races
Relationship statuses
Sexual orientations
Spoken languages
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Adult FriendFinder (2015) — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
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