Guardian Soulmates match with a breach and a spam campaign, distributing wanton messages

When it comes to online dating, blind dates sound brutal enough. However, being cat-fished is not the worst thing that can happen during a search for a partner. People that register for such services usually reveal a lot of information about themselves for the sake of creating an appropriate profile and finding a decent match.

As a rule, members are to expect that this material will be protected behind nine locks. However, a breach in Guardian Soulmates online dating service has proven that promising top-notch security measures is easier than actually completing these obligations.

As it appears, Guardian Soulmates members discovered that something fishy was going on. In order to register in this online dating service, email addresses were required during the process of signing up. Users realized that something bizarre had taken place when those email addresses, linked to Guardian Soulmates, received letters from unknown third-parties.

These messages contained adult-oriented content and included information that users had entered into their profiles in Guardian Soulmates. Some of the users indicated that they had not visited this online app for quite sometime but still received spam messages.

You might ask: did hackers initiate this breach? Surprisingly, they had very little to do with this. As it appears, an error occurred with one of the partners of Guardian Soulmates and this consequently lead to a leakage of users’ data. Even though the breach consisted only of members’ ID numbers and email addresses, scammers somehow managed to obtain the whole profile information which was registered in Guardian Soulmates. online dating service, obviously, apologies for the inconveniences that their user community might have been forced to endure.

For now, this appears the only attempt to take advantage of the information, published thanks to a breach. As the amount of reported cases of malicious spam letters is relatively small, there is very little reason to worry. However, the security of online dating services remains vague. Are the applied measures enough to protect love-seekers’ information? Knowing that several online-dating facilities have suffered from breaches in the last two years, we would suggest users to be cautious when it comes to which personally-identifiable information should be shared.

We should calm users of Guardian Soulmates as there is very little chance that a breach included a high number of users. Nevertheless, this situation could stand as a reminder of a couple tips for a more enjoyable and secure browsing. For instance, do not use the same passwords for multiple accounts.

If you noticed that objectionable email letters, containing information from Guardian Soulmates, arrive in your email inbox, contact the official contact of this online dating facility. While the investigation of this breach is still on-going, there is not a lot that can be said. We suggest you to be careful until everything is properly sorted out.

Sources: bbc.com

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