critical severity January 29, 2026 · 1 min read

Match Group (Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid) Data Breach — January 2026

If you have an account with Match Group (Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid), here’s what’s now in circulation.

ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing over 10 million Match Group user records in early 2026. The breach allegedly stemmed from credential compromise or third-party access weakness.

Tinder/Hinge/OkCupid logos with a digital lock breach overlay

ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing over 10 million Match Group user records in early 2026. The exposed dataset includes names, email addresses, IP addresses, transaction records, and what appears to be internal Match Group documentation. The breach allegedly stemmed from credential compromise or weakness in third-party access controls.

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Dating profiles often contain highly personal details — preferences, location data, photos, partner history — that doxxers can chain with other leaks to reveal real-world identities. Gamers, streamers, and creators using these platforms for social connection face heightened risks of targeted harassment when their dating profiles get correlated with their public handles.

What this means for you

If you have a Tinder, Hinge, or OkCupid account, assume your personal data is in this dataset. The combination of a real name + email + IP geolocation is enough fuel for a determined attacker to build a complete identity-chain map.

What to do right now

What You Should Do

Change your Match Group app passwords immediately
Enable 2FA on every dating app you use
Audit linked accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Spotify) for cross-references
Monitor GalaxyWarden Warden for your handle in the leaked dataset
Be alert for sextortion-style phishing attempts citing dating-app context

What the free scan actually returns

Sample resultyou@email.comIllustrative — not a real person

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value redacted in this sampleage, relatives, address historySpokeo

value redacted in this samplephone, household, property recordsBeenVerified

value redacted in this sample637 companies checked

Found in breach recordsverifiedreported — unverified

Each record is labeled: confirmed breach data, or an attacker’s claim no one has verified.

verifiedvalue redacted in this samplepassword + phone · 2024telecom breach

unverifiedvalue redacted in this sampleclaimed in ransomware listing · 2026leak-site claim

Leaked data cannot be deleted from the internet — anyone claiming otherwise is lying. Broker listings can be removed. We do the second, and show you exactly what to fix from the first.

Check your exposure

Match Group (Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid) is one breach. Your email is probably in others.

~10 million accounts were exposed here. We can’t confirm any single incident against the sources we search, so we won’t pretend to — what we can show you is your own exposure: every leak and listing tied to your email, in about 15 seconds. No account, no card.

Report details & sourcing

Severity Critical

Disclosed January 29, 2026

Last reviewed July 22, 2026

Affected ~10 million

Data exposed NamesEmail addressesIP addressesTransaction recordsInternal documentation

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Sources: ACI Learning breach recap · UpGuard report (Jan 29, 2026)

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