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Adult Dating Site Hack Reveals Users' Sexual Preference, Extramarital Affairs

Posted by Soulskill on from the another-day,-another-breach dept.

An anonymous reader notes this report from Channel 4 News that Adult FriendFinder, one of the largest dating sites in the world, has suffered a database breach that revealed personal information for 3.9 million of its users. The leaked data includes email addresses, IP addresses, birth dates, postal codes, sexual preferences, and information indicating which of them are seeking extramarital affairs. There even seems to be data from accounts that were supposedly deleted. Channel 4 saw evidence that there were plans for a spam campaign against these users, and others are worried that a blackmail campaign will follow. "Where you've got names, dates of birth, ZIP codes, then that provides an opportunity to actually target specific individuals whether they be in government or healthcare for example, so you can profile that person and send more targeted blackmail-type emails," said cybercrime specialist Charlie McMurdy.

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  1. oh no by turkeydance · · Score: 5, Funny

    sorry, gotta go.

  2. Not really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The leaked data includes email addresses, IP addresses, birth dates, postal codes, sexual preferences...

    Given that their list of choices for sexual preferences doesn't include tentacle-on-pregnant furry futanari, I think I'm pretty safe.

  3. NO! Not my IP address!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    After the last big hack I had to give up my old IP address, 192.168.0.1, which I had used for years. What a pain!

  4. Nuts and %$@) by tehlinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh no, now everyone will know I'm a white male age 18 to 49!

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    1. Re:Nuts and %$@) by Githyanki · · Score: 5, Funny

      You realize that putting quotes around it usually indicates that there is a nudge and wink going on at the same time. Reminds me of the joke: Guy sits and drinks at the bar till closing. Bartender tells him "Hey buddy, time to go, your the last one here." Guy pulls a gun on the bartender and forces him to give him a blow job. Partway through, the guy looses concentration and the gun slips down. Bartender picks it up and hands it back to the guy. "Dont want anyone to come in and catch me doing this and think I'm gay!!"

    2. Re:Nuts and %$@) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or possibly too old to see that they were asterisks and not quotation marks.

    3. Re:Nuts and %$@) by OhSoLaMeow · · Score: 4, Funny

      That reminds me of a joke. Guy goes into a bar and orders a scotch. He downs that quickly and goes through three more in the same fashion. The bartender asks him if he's celebrating anything. The guy says "Yeah, just had my first blowjob." Bartender says "Congratulations! Here's another one, on the house." The guy says "No thanks. If four scotches won't get the taste out of my mouth, another one isn't going to help."

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  5. Oh, shit. by happily_married · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is horrible.

  6. Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I had an account but like all adult sites I sign up for I used a throwaway email, lie about my age and location, and only show my dick and balls in photos.

    And no will recognize the dick and balls as I'm a virgin in my 30s.

  7. Re:Lol by gbjbaanb · · Score: 3, Funny

    exactly, I wonder who was dumb enough to create a profile saying "Dave Brown of 22 Acacia Avenue AB1 3CD, wants to meet nice ladyboy for extramartial affair"? It'll be "single male, BigBrownie, of 1 nowhere place, wants to meet nice ladyboy"

    And as for the spam emails, I have a couple I use for all kinds of dodgy sites (eg slashdot) and I get loads of spam anyway.

    Still... .9 million users... that's a lot of people! I wonder why these dating sites charge so much per month for membership when they could just charge $1 and rake in the cash. Stack 'em high 'cos extramarital affairs are never going to go out of fashion - the only problem is ending up meeting your blind date and finding it's your wife!!

  8. Re:This is why adultery is wrong by disposable60 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly. Be French about it.

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  9. Re:Delete YOUR email account... by DickBreath · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your never going too get you're weigh on this. Their are just two many people out they're using there words wrong too get to upset. Sew don't loose you're cool about it. You can sea mini common examples that exist of incorrect usage. People pick the write words two use according too there porpoises. But you'd have two be a fool to begin or end a sentence with the word "but". And only an idiot would begin or end a sentence with "and". And a preposition is a very bad word too end a sentence with.

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  10. I can understand the wife and kids... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I paid $99 for an annual membership to match.com, met several nice girls, married one of them, and I now have a wife, two kids and a dog.

    What kind of weird ass genetics do you have that you + wife = kid + kid + dog?!?!?

  11. I felt a tremor in the force by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    As though millions of divorce lawyers just orgasmed at once.

  12. Re:Lol by zlives · · Score: 5, Funny

    you forgot to add the recurring charges ;) in your equation

  13. My sexual preference by Snotnose · · Score: 3, Funny

    is "yes, please"