Data breachResolvedMarch 10, 2011

Fling data breach (2011)

In 2011, the self-proclaimed "World's Best Adult Social Network" website known as Fling was hacked and more than 40 million accounts obtained by the attacker.

Victim: Fling
records: 40.8M

SectorRetail

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2011-03-10, Fling was affected by a data breach. Approximately 40,767,652 accounts were exposed. In 2011, the self-proclaimed "World's Best Adult Social Network" website known as Fling was hacked and more than 40 million accounts obtained by the attacker.

Sources

haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Fling
fling.comhttps://fling.com

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