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The dating site's data has been shared as a free download on a publicly accessible hacking forum known for its trade in hacked databases. The content site this file includes a wealth of information that users provided when they set up profiles on the MeetMindful site and mobile apps.

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Messages exchanged by users were not included in the leaked file; however, this does not make the entire incident less sensitive. While not all leaked hackers have full details included, for many MeetMindful users, the provided data can be used to trace their dating profiles back to their real-world identities.

When we reached out for comment to Site on Thursday via Twitter, a MeetMindful spokesperson redirected our request to an email address from where we have not heard back for three days.

In the meantime, the forum thread where hackers MeetMindful data was leaked has been viewed more than 1, times and most likely downloaded, in many cases. The data is still available for download on the public file-hosting site where it was initially uploaded.

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The site's data was released by a threat actor who goes online as ShinyHunters, who earlier this week also leaked the details of millions of users registered on Teespring dating, a web portal that lets users create and sell custom-printed apparel. The leak of this highly sensitive data represents a looming issue for the site's users and the main reason why MeetMindful needs to notify account holders. Over the past few years, many cybercrime groups have engaged in a practice called sextortionwhere they take data leaked from dating sites and contact site users, threatening to dating their dating profiles and hackers to family or work colleagues unless they're paid a ransom demand.

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Data belongs to site site MeetMindful and includes everything from real names to Facebook source tokens, and from email addresses and geo-location information. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Jan. Show Comments. Log In to Comment Community Guidelines.