Fling Data Breach

What happened?

In 2011, the self-proclaimed "World's Best Adult Social Network" website known as Fling was hacked and more than 40 million accounts obtained by the attacker . The breached data included highly sensitive personal attributes such as sexual orientation and sexual interests as well as email addresses and passwords stored in plain text.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 10, 2011. The record was added to the catalogue on May 28, 2016 and last updated there on May 28, 2016.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Sexual fetishes
• Sexual orientations
• Usernames
• Website activity

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 Fling or used fling.com around March 10, 2011. 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.