Beautiful People data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-04-25
In November 2015, the dating website Beautiful People was hacked and over 1.1M accounts were leaked. The data was being traded in underground circles and included a huge amount of personal information related to dating. Exposed data: beauty ratings, car ownership statuses, dates of birth, drinking habits, education levels, email addresses, genders, geographic locations, home ownership statuses, income levels, ip addresses, job titles, names, passwords, personal descriptions, personal interests, physical attributes, sexual orientations, smoking habits, website activity. The breach dates from Nov 11, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 25, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Beautiful People account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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