Dating Fraud Costs Britons 45 Million

In the past year, thousands of Britons were victims of dating fraud and total ripped off for an amount of 45 million euros, as the late British police know. Just over 3500 people were victims of dating fraud, where they are approached on dating sites.

The scammer tries a 'relationship' to engage with the victim and ask in time to money. According to the British police, many people think all approved profiles on dating sites, but this is often not the case. Anyone can create an account, even scammers. To warn the public this now launched a special campaign.

Security Company Claims Dozens Hacked Dating Sites

The US security Hold Security claims that hackers dozens of dating sites have been hacked, with particular dating-related information and login details are stolen. Hundreds of thousands of users would be at risk. However not know which dating sites it will leave the company.

The list was viewed by IDG. According to the news websites between July 4th and last week had been hacked, often via vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection. Hold Security came a year ago in the news when the attackers claimed that 1.2 million passwords were stolen. Even when the company wanted not to know where the data was captured. What the hackers with the now stolen data plan is unknown.