Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In July 2016, the Muslim dating site Shadi.com suffered a data breach that exposed over 2M members' email addresses. The breach also exposed passwords stored as MD5 hashes alongside their plain text equivalents.
As this breach has been flagged as sensitive,
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About Shadi.com
Online matrimonial service.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 2.0M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In July 2016, Shadi.com experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 2.0M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, password.
Approximately 2.0M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A customer of Shadi.com
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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