Almost every account password was cracked, thanks to the company’s poor security practices. Even “deleted” accounts were found in the breach.
A massive data breach targeting adult dating and entertainment company Friend Finder Network has exposed more than 412 million accounts.
The hack includes 339 million accounts from AdultFriendFinder, which the company describes as the “world’s largest sex and swinger community.”
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On top of that, 62 million accounts from Cams, and 7 million from Penthouse were stolen, as well as a few million from other smaller properties owned by the company.
The data accounts for two decades’ worth of data from the company’s largest sites, according to breach notification LeakedSource, which obtained the data.
The attack happened at around the same time as one security researcher, known as Revolver, disclosed a local file inclusion flaw on the AdultFriendFinder site, which if successfully exploited could allow an attacker to remotely run malicious code on the web server. Continue reading “AdultFriendFinder network hack exposes 412 million accounts”