--- description: A hack on the online adult dating and hookup FriendFinder network exposed more than 400 million users' information title: Adult FriendFinder Hit With Massive Hack, Report Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Adult FriendFinder Hit With Massive Hack, Report Says by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 14, 2016 11:07 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 14, 2016 11:07 PM CUT A hack on the online adult dating and hookup FriendFinder network exposed more than 400 million users’ information, according to a report from breach notification website [Leaked Source](https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/friendfinder "undefined"). The hack includes data from more than 339 million accounts on AdultFriendFinder.com, which advertises itself as the “world’s largest sex & swinger community,” and millions of accounts on sex sites Penthouse.com and Cams.com, [Leaked Source reported](https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/friendfinder "undefined"). According to Leaked Source, the hack occurred via a Local File Inclusion exploit. Leaked Source did not make the data searchable by the public. In a statement to [The Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/11/14/adult-friendfinder-hit-with-one-of-the-biggest-data-breaches-ever-report-says/ "undefined"), FriendFinder Networks said it was investigating the situation, though it did not confirm nor deny the hack. “Immediately upon learning this information, we took several steps to review the situation and bring in the right external partners to support our investigation,” the [statement](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/11/14/adult-friendfinder-hit-with-one-of-the-biggest-data-breaches-ever-report-says/ "undefined") said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4570766/hack-data-adult-friendfinder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4570766/hack-data-adult-friendfinder/"},"headline":"Adult FriendFinder Hit With Massive Hack, Report Says","datePublished":"2016-11-14T23:07:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:44.076Z","description":"The breach exposed more than 400 million users' information","url":"https://time.com/4570766/hack-data-adult-friendfinder/","keywords":["Tech","Security"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4570766/hack-data-adult-friendfinder/","name":"Adult FriendFinder Hit With Massive Hack, Report Says"}}]}] ```