What is the Adult Friend Finder data leak about?

The Adult Friend Finder data leak refers to a significant cybersecurity breach that occurred in October 2016, impacting the popular adult-oriented social networking site. The breach resulted in the exposure of personal information belonging to more than 400 million user accounts, making it one of the largest data breaches ever recorded at the time. Personal details such as usernames, emails, passwords, and, in some cases, sexual preferences and whether users were seeking extramarital affairs were compromised. The leaked data spanned two decades' worth of information from six databases that included not only AdultFriendFinder.com but also other adult webcam and chat websites operated by the Friend Finder Network. This event brought to light the importance of robust cybersecurity measures and the potential consequences of inadequate protection of user data.