{"id":54753,"date":"2016-10-24T20:40:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54753"},"modified":"2016-10-24T20:42:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:42:05","slug":"adult-friendfinder-breached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/adult-friendfinder-breached\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult FriendFinder Breached &#8211; Exposing 100M Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hacker took to Twitter stating they had successfully hacked the Adult FriendFinder.\u00a0 The tweet included two screenshots that led authorities to believe they had access to the website&#8217;s infrastructure.\u00a0 The breach has yet to be confirmed; however it is imperative the company take these threats seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Many times, it will take months or even years before organizations will let their customers know of a breach.\u00a0 Adult FriendFinder needs to be proactive, and inform their customers of this potential breach.\u00a0 It is believed this breach could have impacted upwards of 100 million records.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first breach Adult FriendFinder has been impacted with.\u00a0 According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationsecuritybuzz.com\/hacker-news\/100-million-accounts-leaked-adult-friendfinder\/\">Information Security Buzz<\/a>, in 2015 a confirmed breach occurred.\u00a0 This also leads to question, whether the leaked records are a new breach, or another exploit of the 2015 records.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, it is encouraged that users of this website change their password.\u00a0 Not only should they change the password to Adult FriendFinder, but also any other websites they may have used the same password for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hacker took to Twitter stating they had successfully hacked the Adult FriendFinder.\u00a0 The tweet included two screenshots that led authorities to believe they had access to the website&#8217;s infrastructure.\u00a0 The breach has yet to be confirmed; however it is imperative the company take these threats seriously. 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