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Adult FriendFinder (2015) Data Breach

adultfriendfinder.com
Significant exposure
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.
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