Adult FriendFinder
Disclosed Nov 13, 20169 years ago169,746,810 accountsUnverified
Friend Finder Networks breach exposes more than 412 million accounts
A breach of adult dating and entertainment company Friend Finder Networks exposed more than 412 million accounts across its sites, including 339 million from AdultFriendFinder, with weakly protected passwords.
What is known
| People affected | 169,746,810 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Nov 13, 2016 |
| Happened | Oct 16, 2016 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Dates of birth, Names, IP addresses |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Adult FriendFinder (2016)haveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| AdultFriendFinder network hack exposes 412 million accountszdnet.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Nov 13, 2016 | |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Feb 6, 2020 | 169,746,810 |
Other breaches at Adult FriendFinder
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed May 22, 2015May 22, 201511 years agoHackingUnverified | May 22, 201511 years ago | Hacking | Tech | Unverified | 3.9Macct |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/AdultFriendFinder2016 to https://www.zdnet.com/article/adultfriendfinder-network-hack-exposes-secrets-of-412-million-users/ · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords","dob"] to ["emails","passwords","dob","names","ip-addresses"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2020-02-06 to 2016-11-13 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In October 2016, the adult entertainment company Friend Finder Networks suffered a massive data breach . The incident impacted multiple separate online assets owned by the company, the largest of which was the Adult FriendFinder website all to A breach of adult dating and entertainment company Friend Finder Networks exposed more than 412 million accounts across its sites, including 339 million from AdultFriendFinder, with weakly protected passwords. · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Friend Finder Networks breach exposes more than 412 million accounts · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.