Attackers threaten to publish nude pictures, secret sexual fantasies, real names and addresses of Ashley Madison users: all as comeuppance for what they say is an unkept promise of secrecy.
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Tinder adds verified accounts to stop people getting duped by fake celebrities
Is it really Kit Harington / Katy Perry / Harry Styles / Lindsay Lohan / other-hot-celebrity? Now you’ll be able to tell!
Police break up romance scam gang that fleeced women of $1.5 million
York Regional Police in Canada this week announced the arrest of nine men who allegedly targeted women on dating websites, and conned seven victims out of a total of $1.5 million. The romance scammer’s outward demonstrations of love must conceal a dark heart …
Adult FriendFinder hacked, users’ intimate details exposed on Dark Web
Adult FriendFinder, a website billed as a way for people to “find friends, sex, flings and hookups,” has had a serious data breach. Now millions of people who thought they were using a discrete service to find casual sex have had their private information exposed online.
Tinder hack tricks men into unknowingly flirting with each other
In yet another example of how very hackable Tinder is, an engineer set up bait female profiles and then hooked up the guys who “liked” them.
Dating site buys back 20 million hacked email addresses
Despite the hacker putting the email addresses up for sale, the undisclosed sum is apparently not ransom, it’s an “award”, says hacked site Topface.
STD dating site PositiveSingles.com faces $16.5 million fine for sharing user profiles
The dating site for people with STDs promised “100%” anonymity but used the anonymous claimant’s profile on affiliated niche dating sites such as AIDSDate, Herpesinmouth, ChristianSafeHaven, MeetBlackPOZ and PositivelyKinky.
Online dating scammer targeted elderly victims out of $1.1million
32-year-old Kris Koranteng has been arrested and charged with 11 separate counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He and his crew are thought to have sought out vulnerable love-seekers on popular dating sites including Match.com and Chemistry.com. 