Beautiful People
HIGH RISKData breach — November 2015
In November 2015, the dating website Beautiful People was hacked and over 1.1M accounts were leaked. The data was being traded in underground circles and included a huge amount of personal information related to dating.
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What happened in the Beautiful People data breach?
In November 2015, the dating website Beautiful People was hacked and over 1.1M accounts were leaked. The data was being traded in underground circles and included a huge amount of personal information related to dating.
The exposed data included 20 types of personal information. Because passwords were exposed, users who reused their password on other sites are at particular risk. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was Beautiful People hacked?
Yes. Beautiful People was breached in November 2015. The breach exposed 1,100,089 records including beauty ratings, car ownership statuses, dates of birth. This breach has been independently verified. If your email was involved, your data may still be at risk today. Check if you were affected.
Why was the Beautiful People breach so dangerous?
The Beautiful People breach exposed 1,100,089 records — that is 1.1M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of beauty ratings, car ownership statuses, dates of birth makes this a high-risk breach that requires immediate action.
Because passwords were exposed, attackers can use credential stuffing to automatically test your Beautiful People password against hundreds of other websites. If you reused your password anywhere, those accounts are now at risk. Read more about what happens to your data after a breach.
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What data was stolen in the Beautiful People breach?
Beauty ratings — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Car ownership statuses — reveals your approximate location and internet provider
Dates of birth — used to verify identity for account takeover and fraud
Drinking habits — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Education levels — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
Genders — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Geographic locations — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Home ownership statuses — reveals your approximate location and internet provider
Income levels — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
IP addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Job titles — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Names — used to build profiles and target you with personalised scams
Passwords — can be used to access your accounts directly or cracked to reveal your actual password
Personal descriptions — reveals your approximate location and internet provider
Personal interests — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Physical attributes — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Sexual orientations — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Smoking habits — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Website activity — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Is the Beautiful People breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the Beautiful People breach remains dangerous years after the incident. Research shows that over 65% of stolen credentials from older breaches have never been changed by the account holders. Attackers routinely compile data from multiple breaches to build complete profiles, and credentials from 2015 are still actively used in credential stuffing attacks today.
Personal information like email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth never expire. Even if you changed your Beautiful People password, the other exposed data can be combined with information from other breaches to target you. Learn more about how long stolen data stays dangerous.
Frequently asked about the Beautiful People breach
Approximately 1,100,089 user records were exposed in the Beautiful People breach in November 2015.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your Beautiful People password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Change your Beautiful People password immediately, change any other account where you used the same password, enable two-factor authentication on all important accounts, and monitor for phishing emails over the next 90 days.
Who was affected by the Beautiful People breach?
The Beautiful People data breach affected approximately 1,100,089 users who had accounts with the service. While not the largest breach on record, it still represents a significant number of compromised accounts in our database of 970+ known breaches.
If you ever created an account with Beautiful People or used their services, your data may have been included in this breach. Check your email now to find out. You can also read our guide on what to do immediately after a data breach.
If your email was in the Beautiful People breach
Change your Beautiful People password immediately
Go to Beautiful People and change your password right now. Use a strong, unique password that you have never used anywhere else.
Change any account sharing that password
If you used the same password on other sites, change it on every one of them. Attackers test stolen credentials on hundreds of popular sites within hours.
Enable two-factor authentication
Turn on 2FA on Beautiful People and every important account. Even if your password is known, attackers cannot get in without the second factor.
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