Your Dating Profile May Be Exposed. Crush007 Leaked 16,045 Passwords.

HEROIC analysts identified a verified data breach tied to Crush007, a UK-based online dating platform, dating back to April 1, 2016. The exposed dataset contains 16,045 records, including first names, last names, email addresses, and plaintext passwords.

Why This Dating Site Breach Is Especially Dangerous

Passwords in this breach are stored in plaintext, meaning anyone with the data can read them exactly as users typed them, with no cracking required. On a dating platform, that risk is compounded: the combination of a full name, email address, and password tied to a dating profile can be used for targeted blackmail or embarrassment attempts, in addition to the more familiar risk of account takeover on other services.

What Was Exposed in the Crush007 Breach

• First names
• Last names
• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords

Why This Matters if You Ever Used Crush007

Because the password is stored in plaintext and tied directly to a full name and email address, this data is immediately usable for credential stuffing: trying the same email and password on banking, shopping, and email accounts. If you reused your Crush007 password anywhere else, this breach can lead directly to account takeover, identity theft, and financial fraud, on top of the personal exposure of being linked to a dating site.

How This Database Breach Happened

This incident stems from a direct compromise of Crush007's user database rather than malware on individual devices. Attackers who breach a site like this typically exploit a vulnerability in the platform's software or gain unauthorized access to the backend database, then copy out the full user table, including passwords stored without encryption.

Check If You Are Affected

If you ever created an account on Crush007, it is worth checking whether your information was part of this 16,045-record exposure. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against more than 400 billion leaked records, so you can find out quickly and change any passwords you may still be reusing.