Breach date: 2024-07-03. Added to this index: 2024-12-09. Accounts affected: about 119K. Domain: ladies.com.
What happened
In 2024, the lesbian dating website ladies.com suffered a data breach. Attributed to an exposed Firebase database, the breach included extensive personal information on 119k users of the service including email addresses, photos, sexual orientation, genders, dates of birth and precise latitude and longitude, among other personal attributes. The website was shut down in mid-2024 and the breach later acknowledged by the site operator in December, along with a breach of the "Senior Dating" website run by the same organisation.
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What was exposed
Bios: The free text about me section you wrote for a profile on a dating app, forum, social network, gaming platform or professional site.
Dates of birth: Your full birth date, day, month and year, collected at signup for age checks, identity verification, insurance quotes, birthday offers or government services.
Drinking habits: Answers about alcohol use, such as never, socially or regularly, stored by dating apps, health and fitness apps, insurer questionnaires, surveys, and sometimes treatment or recovery services.
Education levels: Your highest qualification, such as high school, a trade certificate, a bachelor's degree or a postgraduate degree, collected by job sites, surveys, dating apps and marketing databases.
Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
Family structure: Information about your household, such as the number and ages of children, whether you are a single parent, who lives with you and whether you care for someone, collected by insurers, schools, government services, surveys and marketing databases.
Genders: The gender or sex recorded on your profile, usually picked from a list at signup, sometimes with a title such as Mr or Ms or a gender identity option beyond male and female.
Geographic locations: A general location recorded on your account, such as a country, state, city, postcode or region, either typed in by you or estimated from your IP address.
Latitude and longitude pairs: Precise map coordinates recorded by apps, photos, fitness trackers, delivery services or dating apps, often with a timestamp and sometimes accurate to a single building.
Photos: Images you uploaded, shared in messages or stored in a cloud account or app, which can include private, intimate, family, document or location tagged photos.
Profile photos: The main picture on your account, usually a real photo of your face on dating, professional, social and messaging services.
Relationship statuses: A label describing your relationship situation, such as single, married, separated, divorced or widowed, stored by dating apps, social networks, insurers and marketing forms.
What to do now
Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
Review the accounts connected to this service and turn on two-factor authentication.
Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.
Frequently asked questions
What data was leaked in the Ladies.com breach?
The Ladies.com breach exposed Bios, Dates of birth, Drinking habits, Education levels, Email addresses, Family structure, Genders, Geographic locations, Latitude and longitude pairs, Photos, Profile photos, Relationship statuses, Sexual orientations, Smoking habits, Tattoo status, Usernames. About 119K accounts were affected.
Was I affected by the Ladies.com breach?
Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.
What should I do about the Ladies.com breach?
Treat any message that quotes details from this breach as suspicious, turn on two-factor authentication, and consider removing your details from people-search sites if your address or phone was included.