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Israeli LGBTQ App Atraf Faces Data Leak, 700,000 Users Affected
Another day, another alleged data breach putting hundred of thousands of unsuspecting users at risk.
March 30, 2024
Online Dating: Cybercrime Red Flags
Online dating is not a new phenomenon; however, scammers have found ways to exploit it for various purposes,…
October 5, 2023
Database Mess Up Exposed PII and Photos of 2.3M Dating App Users
The primary app affected appears to be “419 Dating – Chat & Flirt,” but data from other apps,…
July 17, 2023
US military personnel defrauded into losing $822m through scams
According to researchers, US military personnel lost over $822 million in different kinds of cybercrime and scams between 2017 and 30 June 2021.
August 23, 2021
Top Japanese dating app Omiai hacked; 1.71 million users at risk
Hackread.com can confirm that threat actors on several hacker forums are already hunting for stolen Omiai database.
May 24, 2021
Vulnerability in Bumble dating app risked data of 100 million users
It took Bumble 255 days to respond and fix some of the vulnerabilities reported by the researcher.
November 18, 2020
Database mess up leaks 882 GB of ecommerce & dating sites data
A misconfigured Elasticsearch server is responsible for exposing data amounting to more than 370 million records.
September 14, 2020
Flaws in OkCupid app could have exposed millions of user data to hackers
OkCupid app known as a popular dating platform has over 50 million registered users.
July 30, 2020
5 dating apps caught leaking millions of user-sensitive data
The IT researchers at WizCase recently discovered data leaks and...
July 5, 2020
Study shows prominent apps are selling your data to 3rd parties
Among the various categories of apps that exist out there, some by their nature store more of your personal information as compared to others.
January 23, 2020