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Muslim Match Data Breach

muslimmatch.com
Limited exposure
Verified breach Sensitive Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed 149,830
Breach date 24 Jun 2016
Added to tracker 29 Jun 2016
Data classes 8

What happened

In June 2016, the Muslim Match dating website had 150k email addresses exposed. The data included private chats and messages between relationship seekers and numerous other personal attributes including passwords hashed with MD5.

Exposed data

Chat logs Email addresses Geographic locations IP addresses Passwords Private messages User statuses Usernames

Recommended actions

  • Change your Muslim Match password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
  • Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
  • Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Muslim Match โ€” attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
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