"Dating Service Suffers Data Breach"
Men's social networking website and online dating application Manhunt has suffered a data breach. The 20-year-old site was compromised in a cyber-attack that took place in February 2021. The breach was discovered on March 2nd, and an investigation into the evidence revealed that the attackers had downloaded customer's data at the beginning of February. In the notice of data breach, Manhunt revealed that the personal information of an estimated 7,714 Washington residents had been affected. The attacker gained access to a database that stored account credentials for Manhunt users. The adversary downloaded the usernames, email addresses, and passwords of some users. There is no evidence to suggest that the hacker had accessed users' pictures, messages, or other information from user profiles. No payment card information was exposed because of the incident as Manhunt doesn't transmit or store this type of information. Security researchers warned users to be on the lookout for phishing messages from threat actors impersonating Manhunt or claiming to have information about users.