Passwords were forced-reset for affected user accounts, and we retained a third-party forensics consultant on behalf of Manhunt to assist us in investigating what happened and confirm that there is no ongoing unauthorized access to Manhunt systems.”īack in March, Manhunt tweeted that users should change their passwords. In the statement to the attorney general, Brandenburg wrote, “Manhunt immediately took steps to remediate the threat and secure its systems.
Stacy Brandenburg, an attorney representing Manhunt, told Tech Crunch that 11 percent of the app’s users were affected in total. Manhunt, which claims to have over 6 million user, says a hacker caused a data breach that exposed users’ profiles and that the hacker “downloaded the usernames, email addresses and passwords for a subset of our users in early February 2021,” according to a statement submitted to the Washington State attorney general.Īt first the company didn’t disclose how many accounts were exposed in the data breach, but it later revealed that more than 7,700 users were affected in Washington State. Gay dating app Manhunt was hacked in February, company officials have confirmed.
