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LoginMillions of people around the world use online dating sites and apps. And there are many success stories of people finding love and companionship online. But as well as the successes, there are also online dating scams — and these are on the rise. Online dating scams — also known as romance scams or romance fraud — take place when someone believes they have made a connection or match through an online dating site or app — but the person they are talking to is, in fact, a scammer using a fake profile. The scammer manipulates or grooms the other person to gain their trust over time — ultimately so they can either ask them for money or obtain enough personal information about them to steal their identity. This type of crime is on the rise. By , that figure had risen to 52, The coronavirus pandemic — which prevented in-person meetings and led to people spending more time online — provided conditions that romance scammers could exploit. While anyone can fall victim to romance scams, older people often suffer a heavier financial loss.
Who hacked Ashley Madison? In , one of the biggest hacking scandals of the internet age exposed millions of extramarital affairs — but the people behind the hack were never found. Now, a new Netflix docuseries is trying to shed some light on exactly what happened. Let's go back a little. Back in , Canadian businessman Darren Morgenstern decided to found a dating website exclusively for married people looking to cheat on their partners.
Hackers have stolen email addresses, direct messages, and other personal data from users of two dating websites, according to a data breach expert. Earlier this week, someone alerted Troy Hunt, the founder and maintainer of the data breach alerting website Have I Been Pwned , that hackers had breached two dating websites, CityJerks and TruckerSucker.
In , a group of hackers breached the discreet dating website Ashley Madison and threatened to expose the data. Launched in , Ashley Madison is an online dating service for married people. Moreover, the website openly embraced its role as a platform for people seeking extramarital affairs.
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