A hacker leaked 2.28 million Data of a dating site
By MYBRANDBOOK
According to news reports, a well-known hacker has leaked the details of more than 2.28 million users registered on MeetMindful.com, a dating website founded in 2014.
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The dating site's data has been shared as a free download on a publicly accessible hacking forum known for its trade in hacked databases. The leaked data, a 1.2 GB file, appears to be a dump of the site's users database.
The content of this file includes a wealth of information that users provided when they set up profiles on the MeetMindful site and mobile apps.
Some of the most sensitive data points included in the file include:
Real names
Email addresses
City, state, and ZIP details
Body details
Dating preferences
Marital status
Birth dates
Latitude and longitude
IP addresses
Bcrypt-hashed account passwords
Facebook user IDs
Facebook authentication tokens
Messages exchanged by users were not included in the leaked file; however, this does not make the entire incident less sensitive. While not all leaked accounts have full details included, for many MeetMindful users, the provided data can be used to trace their dating profiles back to their real-world identities.
The data is still available for download on the public file-hosting site where it was initially uploaded. The site's data was released by a threat actor who goes online as ShinyHunters, who earlier this week also leaked the details of millions of users registered on Teespring, a web portal that lets users create and sell custom-printed apparel.
The leak of this highly sensitive data represents a looming issue for the site's users and the main reason why MeetMindful needs to notify account holders.
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