A dating website Coffee meets bagel became a victim of a data breach involving 6 million users.
The Register reported that 6,174,513 accounts were listed for sale for 0.13 BTC ($468) on a dark web marketplace.
The investigation revealed that the market was Dream Market, and the seller was someone calling themselves gnostic players.
The compromised information includes a full name, email address, age, registration date, and gender. This security breach has not been previously publicly disclosed.
They engaged forensic security experts to conduct a review of their systems and infrastructure.
Source: https://fortune.com/2019/02/14/coffee-meets-bagel-dating-app-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/coffee-meets-bagel
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2019",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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'name': 'Coffee Meets Bagel',
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'attack_vector': 'Dark Web Marketplace',
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'Email address',
'Age',
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'description': 'A dating website Coffee Meets Bagel became a victim of a data '
'breach involving 6 million users. The compromised information '
'includes full names, email addresses, ages, registration '
'dates, and genders. The data was listed for sale on the dark '
'web marketplace Dream Market by a seller known as gnostic '
'players.',
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'Email address',
'Age',
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'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'references': [{'source': 'The Register'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Forensic Security Experts'},
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'title': 'Data Breach at Coffee Meets Bagel',
'type': 'Data Breach'}