Send tips securely over Signal and WhatsApp to +1 64. Updated with comment from a company attorney. Months later, Jewish dating app JCrush exposed around 200,000 user records. In 2019, Rela, a popular dating app for gay and queer women in China, left a server unsecured with no password, allowing anyone to access sensitive data - including sexual orientation and geolocation - on more than 5 million app users. In other cases, poor security - in some cases none at all - led to data spills involving some of the most sensitive data. In 2018, same-sex dating app Grindr made headlines for sharing users’ HIV status with data analytics firms. A year later, dating site AdultFriendFinder was hacked, exposing more than 400 million user accounts. Several people died by suicide after the stolen data was posted online. Manhunt International is organized in a macho way with outdoor activities, thrilling events, public presentations, talent fun routines and even a. It is the worldwide search for the best male model from each country. In 2015, Ashley Madison, a dating site that encouraged users to have an affair, was hacked, exposing names, and postal and email addresses. Established in 1993, Manhunt International is the Worlds first and longest running international male model contest. Just months before the sale, Jack’d had a security lapse that exposed users’ private photos and location data.ĭating sites store some of the most sensitive information on their users, and are frequently a target of malicious hackers. Manhunt was launched in 2001 by Online-Buddies Inc., which also offered gay dating app Jack’d before it was sold to Perry Street in 2019 for an undisclosed sum.
In March, the company tweeted that, “At this time, all Manhunt users are required to update their password to ensure it meets the updated password requirements.” The tweet did not say that user accounts had been stolen.
Stacey Brandenburg, an attorney for ZwillGen on behalf of Manhunt, said in an email that 11% of Manhunt users were affected. Manhunt did not say what percentage of its users had their data stolen or how the data breach happened, but said that more than 7,700 Washington state residents were affected. Passwords scrambled using weak algorithms can sometimes be decoded into plain text, allowing malicious hackers to break into their accounts.įollowing the breach, Manhunt force-reset account passwords and began alerting users in mid-March. The notice did not say how the passwords were scrambled, if at all, to prevent them from being read by humans. In a notice filed with the Washington attorney general’s office, Manhunt said the hacker “gained access to a database that stored account credentials for Manhunt users,” and “downloaded the usernames, email addresses and passwords for a subset of our users in early February 2021.” to 4:30 p.m.Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s accounts database. to 4:30 p.m.Ī second sale will be held at the Riverside branch (6305 Wyandotte Street East) on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.m. The book sales will take place this weekend at the Budimir branch (1310 Grand Marais Road West) Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m.
The books and DVDs are being put up for sale as part of a “de-selection process” which has made them surplus to need or have been classified as out of date, WPL says.Īll proceeds from the book sales will go toward purchasing new library materials. While the library sale will be stocked with plenty of fiction, there will also be biographies, history, self-help and how-to items available. Small paperbacks and children’s picture books will be $1, but the library is encouraging everyone to pick-up a bag and fill it with books for only $5, or fill three bags for $10 (WPL will provide the bags.) There will be hardcover books, trade paperbacks and DVDs for sale at $2 apiece. WPL says there will be books and films covering all genres of reading and viewing tastes. Book worms and film buffs will have the chance to sift through thousands of titles at the Windsor Public Library’s upcoming book sales.