Mate1.com Data Breach
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.
As this breach has been flagged as sensitive, it is not publicly searchable. To see the exposure of email addresses in this breach, sign in to your dashboard and review results for your email address in the "Breaches" section under "Personal", or search any domains you control in the "Domains" section under "Business".
Compromised Data
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Affected Accounts:
27.4 million
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Breach Occurred:
February 2016
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Added to HIBP:
14 Apr 2016
Breach Classification
HIBP enables you to discover if your account was exposed in most of the data breaches by directly searching the system. However, certain breaches are particularly sensitive in that someone's presence in the breach may adversely impact them if others are able to find that they were a member of the site.
A sensitive data breach can only be searched by the verified owner of the email address being searched for. This is done via the notification system which involves sending a verification email to the address with a unique link.
There are presently 74 sensitive breaches in the system including Adult FriendFinder, Ashley Madison, and others.
Recommended Actions
Change Your Password
If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was used.
Enable Two-Factor Authentication
Wherever 2FA is supported, add an extra layer of security to your account.
Use a password manager to generate and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts. 1Password helps protect your data with industry-leading security.
Try 1Password
After a breach every click matters. Guardio’s AI-powered protection is the only solution that shields you from phishing, scams, and fake logins before they cause damage.
Try Guardio
Get Aura for identity theft and credit protection. Keep your assets safe with fast fraud alerts, instant credit lock, and $1,000,000 identity theft insurance. Speak to a U.S. based fraud specialist 24/7.
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