Mate1.com data breach
In February 2016, Mate1.com suffered a data breach that exposed astrological signs, dates of birth, drinking habits, drug habits, education levels, email addresses, ethnicities, fitness levels, genders, geographic locations, income levels, job titles, names, parenting plans, passwords, personal descriptions, physical attributes, political views, relationship statuses, religions, sexual fetishes, travel habits, usernames, website activity, and work habits. The breach affected 27,393,015 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- February 29, 2016
- Added to this tracker
- April 14, 2016
- Accounts affected
- 27,393,015
- Company domain
- mate1.com
- Data exposed
- Astrological signs, dates of birth, drinking habits, drug habits, education levels, email addresses, ethnicities, fitness levels, genders, geographic locations, income levels, job titles, names, parenting plans, passwords, personal descriptions, physical attributes, political views, relationship statuses, religions, sexual fetishes, travel habits, usernames, website activity, and work habits
Was my information in the Mate1.com breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Mate1.com before February 2016, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the Mate1.com breach, the exposed data was astrological signs, dates of birth, drinking habits, drug habits, education levels, email addresses, ethnicities, fitness levels, genders, geographic locations, income levels, job titles, names, parenting plans, passwords, personal descriptions, physical attributes, political views, relationship statuses, religions, sexual fetishes, travel habits, usernames, website activity, and work habits.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Mate1.com right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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