A member of a popular underground forum is claiming to have breached the records of the entire customer database of the popular queer dating app, Grindr, and is offering the data for sale.
The dataset allegedly includes usernames, display names, full names, emails, password hashes, phone hashes, details of gender and sexual orientation, dates of birth, and more.
“Today I’m selling the complete Grindr database,” the hacker, who calls themself nilojeda on the forum, said in a 2 June leak post.
This includes personal registration data; you can check it in the sample.”
The data is priced at US$400, payable in cryptocurrency.
Grindr, however, has found no evidence of any data breach.
“We’ve found no credible evidence of unauthorised access to or a breach of Grindr’s systems,” a Grindr spokesperson told Cyber Daily.
“Based on our investigation to date, it is not clear that this allegation is legitimate.”
Who is nilojeda?
The threat actor operating under the name nilojeda made their first forum post last month, on 29 May. Aside from Grindr, the hacker has claimed to have gained access to databases belonging to the Hinge dating app, as well as a collection of Spanish contacts.
What is Grindr?
Grindr is a dating application popular with the queer community and does, in fact, have close to 15 million active users.
Grindr has offices in West Hollywood, the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. The app is available on both Android and iOS devices, and in 190 countries.
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David Hollingworth
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.