Adultfriendfinder, "the world's largest sex & swinger community," has suffered a major breach, leaking 300,000,000 accounts' worth of personal information, namely email addresses, passwords, usernames, IP addresses and browser information.
This breach is nearly ten times larger than the 2015 Ashley Madison breach, though the latter contained much more detailed information.
Data from several of of Adultfriendfinder's other sites was also leaked, including data from cams, Stripshow and Icams. Additionally, 15 million Penthouse users' data was matchbox breached, because Adultfriendfinder saved Penthouse data after its sold off the site. Moreover, 15 million deleted accounts were included in the breach, because the company had retained those users' data.
This is a familiar situation: companies that inadequately secure their networks also use inadequate measures to protect passwords and also hoard loads of data they have no business hanging onto. Read more