Account data breach: Zoosk (2020)

In January 2020, Zoosk 2020, an online dating service, suffered a data breach. This breach contained 24 million users data that was posted online. The user information includes dates of birth, drinking habits, education levels, email addresses, ethnicities, family structure, genders, geographic locations, income levels, names, nicknames, physical attributes, political views, relationship statuses, religions, sexual orientations,and smoking habits. While the passwords posted were not valid for access to UMBC accounts, we suggest you change your UMBC password as a safety precaution.

76 UMBC accounts were victims of this breach. The victims are being notified via their UMBC emails and/or their alternate emails. If you have a Zoosk (2020) account, please contact them to see if you have been affected by this breach. To see if you were involved in any other breach visit: https://haveibeenpwned.com/.

More about Zoosk(2020) data breach:

https://grahamcluley.com/zoosk-hacking/

https://www.justice4you.com/blog/zoosk-data-breach.html#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20notice%2C%20an%20unauthorized%20party%20breached,by%20email%2C%20including%20more%20than%20560%2C000%20California%20residents.

If you have any questions or concerns email us: security@umbc.edu 

Information about this breach was provided to us by Have I Been Pwned(HIBP). 

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