One Adult FriendFinder user, a UK man named Shaun Harper, said he had already received phishing emails – a type of spam that mimics messages from legitimate sources like banks or dating websites to trick people into giving away their account logins
Millions of people who thought they were using a discreet service to find casual sex have had their private data exposed online – including personal emails, sexual orientation and whether they were looking to cheat on their partners.
As the UK’s Channel 4 News reported yesterday, 3.9 million users of Adult FriendFinder had their information published on a hacker forum on the Dark Web – the shady, anonymous part of the Internet hidden by strong encryption that has become (amongst other things) a haven for cybercriminals.
Among the accounts exposed were email addresses for military service members and government workers, who could be targeted for blackmail, the news station reported.
FriendFinder Networks Inc. – the parent company of Adultfriendfinder – acknowledged a “potential data security issue,” and said it has hired a security consultant to investigate.
Until the investigation is completed, it will be difficult to determine with certainty the full scope of the incident, but we will continue to work vigilantly to address this potential issue and will provide updates as we learn more from our investigation. Read More
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