Data breach

Beautiful People data breach

1,100,089 accounts · breached November 11, 2015

Have I Been Pwned treats this breach as sensitive: it does not reveal publicly whether a particular address is in it. Only the owner of an address can check, after verifying it.

What happened

In November 2015, the dating website Beautiful People was hacked and over 1.1M accounts were leaked. The data was being traded in underground circles and included a huge amount of personal information related to dating.

Description by Have I Been Pwned

What data leaked

  • Beauty ratings
  • Car ownership statuses
  • Dates of birth
  • Drinking habits
  • Education levels
  • Email addresses
  • Genders
  • Geographic locations
  • Home ownership statuses
  • Income levels
  • IP addresses
  • Job titles
  • Names
  • Passwords
  • Personal descriptions
  • Personal interests
  • Physical attributes
  • Sexual orientations
  • Smoking habits
  • Website activity

What to do if you had an account

  1. Change the password. Change your password on this service. If you used the same password anywhere else, change it there too: attackers try leaked email and password pairs on other sites automatically. A password manager makes one unique password per site practical.
  2. Turn on two-step sign-in. Enable two-factor authentication where the service offers it, preferably with an authenticator app or a passkey. A leaked password alone is then not enough to get in.
  3. Expect targeted phishing. Leaked contact details are used to write convincing fake messages that mention the breached company or your real name. Do not click links in unexpected emails or texts about this account; go to the site by typing its address.
  4. Guard against identity fraud. Identity documents and dates of birth cannot be changed like a password. Consider a credit freeze or fraud alert where your country offers one, and be wary of anyone who 'verifies' you using those details.
  5. Sensitive personal data. This breach includes sensitive categories of personal data. Scammers and blackmailers use such details to pressure people. Do not pay, and report extortion attempts to the police.

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