Badoo
What was exposed
Dates of birthEmail addressesGendersNamesPasswordsUsernames
What to do if you were affected
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In June 2016, a data breach allegedly originating from the social website Badoo was found to be circulating amongst traders . Likely obtained several years earlier, the data contained 112 million unique email addresses with personal data including names, birthdates and passwords stored as MD5 hashes. Whilst there are many indicators suggesting Badoo did indeed suffer a data breach, the legitimacy of the data could not be emphatically proven so this breach has been categorised as "unverified".
Frequently asked questions
What is the Badoo data breach?
In June 2016, a data breach allegedly originating from the social website Badoo was found to be circulating amongst traders . Likely obtained several years earlier, the data contained 112 million unique email addresses with personal data including names,...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around June 2013.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 112,005,531 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Passwords and Usernames.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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