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San Francisco-based dating and social networking site, Coffee Meets Bagel on Valentine’s Day announced some data from users account may have been acquired by an unauthorized party.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the dating site said it learned that the unauthorized party gained access to partial list of user details On February 11, 2019.
“Once we became aware, we quickly took steps to determine the nature and scope of the problem. We have engaged forensic security experts to conduct a review of our systems and infrastructure,” a site said in a statement.
Coffee Meets Bagel said the affected information only includes users name and email address prior to May 2018, and that it never stored any financial information or passwords of users.
The site also stated that vendor and external systems are being audited and reviewed to ensure there are no compliance issues or third party breaches.
“We continue to monitor for suspicious activity and we are coordinating with law enforcement authorities regarding this incident.
“We continue to make enhancements to our systems to detect and prevent unauthorized access to user information,” a statement by the site read.
It advised users to take extra caution against any unsolicited communications that ask for personal data or refer to a web page asking for personal data.
“We also recommend avoiding clicking on links or downloading attachments from suspicious emails,” the site advised.