What Happened

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. The breached data included highly sensitive personal attributes such as sexual orientation and sexual interests as well as email addresses and passwords stored in plain text.

Compromised Data

Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Passwords
Phone numbers
Sexual fetishes
Sexual orientations
Usernames
Website activity

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your password on this service since the breach, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

If 2FA is supported, add an extra layer of security to your account.

Check Other Accounts

If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.

Monitor for Suspicious Activity

Watch for unusual login attempts, spam and phishing emails.

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    40.8 million
  • Breach Occurred:

    March 2011
  • Added to HIBP:

    28 May 2016

Breach Classification

HIBP enables you to discover if your account was exposed in most of the data breaches by directly searching the system. However, certain breaches are particularly sensitive in that someone's presence in the breach may adversely impact them if others are able to find that they were a member of the site.

A sensitive data breach can only be searched by the verified owner of the email address being searched for. This is done via the notification system which involves sending a verification email to the address with a unique link.

There are presently 74 sensitive breaches in the system including Adult FriendFinder, Ashley Madison, and others.

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Fling password since 2011, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

Check Other Accounts

If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.

Monitor for Suspicious Activity

Watch for unusual login attempts or messages from your account.

1Password

Use 1Password to generate and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts.

Try 1Password