Breach Database / Mate1.com
Yes — Mate1.com was breached.
- 27.4 million accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2016-02-29 · mate1.com
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In February 2016, the dating site mate1.com suffered a huge data breach resulting in the disclosure of over 27 million subscribers' information. The data included deeply personal information about their private lives including drug and alcohol habits, incomes levels and sexual fetishes as well as passwords stored in plain text.
What data was exposed
- Astrological signs
- Dates of birth
- Drinking habits
- Drug habits
- Education levels
- Email addresses
- Ethnicities
- Fitness levels
- Genders
- Geographic locations
- Income levels
- Job titles
- Names
- Parenting plans
- Passwords
- Personal descriptions
- Physical attributes
- Political views
- Relationship statuses
- Religions
- Sexual fetishes
- Travel habits
- Usernames
- Website activity
- Work habits
What to do right now
- Change your password for this service now. And change it anywhere you reused the same password — attackers try leaked passwords on other sites within hours ("credential stuffing").
- Turn on two-factor authentication. Even a leaked password is useless against an account protected by a second factor. Prefer an authenticator app over SMS.
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.
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