Adult FriendFinder (2015) Data Breach

What happened?

In May 2015, the adult hookup site Adult FriendFinder was hacked and nearly 4 million records dumped publicly. The data dump included extremely sensitive personal information about individuals and their relationship statuses and sexual preferences combined with personally identifiable information.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is May 21, 2015. The record was added to the catalogue on May 22, 2015 and last updated there on February 7, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Races
• Relationship statuses
• Sexual orientations
• Spoken languages
• Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Adult FriendFinder (2015) or used adultfriendfinder.com around May 21, 2015. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.