MeetMindful Data Breach

What happened?

In early 2020, the online dating service MeetMindful suffered a data breach that exposed 1.4 million unique customer email addresses. Included in the data was an extensive array of personal information used to find romantic matches including physical attributes, use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, marital statuses, birthdates, genders and the gender being sought. Additional personal information such as names, geographical locations and IP addresses were also exposed, along with passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is January 26, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on January 31, 2021 and last updated there on January 31, 2021.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Drinking habits
• Drug habits
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Marital statuses
• Names
• Passwords
• Physical attributes
• Religions
• Sexual orientations
• Smoking habits
• Social media profiles
• 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 MeetMindful or used meetmindful.com around January 26, 2020. 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.