Website was shut down in early December.
The mature singles website Senior Dating has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal data of more than 700,000 users.
According to media reports the breach occurred on November 23rd and saw 765,517 accounts and their bios exposed, along with birth dates, drinking habits, education levels, email addresses, genders, geographic locations, occupations, profile photos, relationship statuses, smoking habits and social media profiles.
According to
Have I Been Pwned, Senior Dating shut down its website on December 4th, but users may still find themselves targeted as a result. Have I Been Pwned also said that the breach was caused by an exposure in Firebase, a Google-backed web development platform.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
