Adult-FanFiction.Org 2018 Data Breach

Adult-FanFiction.Org 2018 Data Breach

Vice / Adult

Adult-FanFiction.Org 2018 Data Breach

An adult service in the vice sector.

Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Limited DisclosureThis breach is handled differently. Because being connected to it can itself be sensitive, we do not confirm anyone’s presence publicly. Use the private exposure check at the bottom of this page.
Breach Risk Index i
44/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Moderate: notable exposure with meaningful misuse potential.
Data Sensitivity i
Restricted
Being associated with this breach can itself be harmful. Disclosure is limited and presence is not confirmed to unverified parties.
186KRecords
2018Year

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Classification Tags
Cloud MisconfigurationViceAdult2018

Breach Summary

In May 2018, the website for sharing adult-orientated works of fiction known as Adult-FanFiction.Org had 186k records exposed in a data breach. The data contained names, email addresses, dates of birth and passwords stored as both MD5 hashes and plain text. AFF did not respond when contacted about the breach and the site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory. As this breach has been flagged as sensitive, it is not publicly searchable.

Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.

10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine

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186K records analyzed

About Adult-FanFiction.Org

Adult-FanFiction.Org is an adult service in the vice sector.

Why They Hold Your Data

Adult-FanFiction.Org is an adult service in the vice sector. Services like this typically hold dates of birth, email addresses, names, passwords through account registration and normal operations.

Recent Developments

The Adult-FanFiction.Org dataset circulated publicly; treat as part of the standing exposure landscape.

Data Points Exposed

4 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Full Name
Password High

Breach Impact

The exposure of credentials alongside personal data heightened account-takeover and reuse risk for Adult-FanFiction.Org users and drew scrutiny of its data protection.

Exploitation & Downstream Threats

• Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms | • Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination | • Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses

Principal Risk Advisory

What this means for a principal

An intimate-data breach: preferences, orientation or explicit content linked to an identity create acute coercion and blackmail exposure. For a high-profile principal the main risk is credible impersonation and enrichment of existing exposure.

What You Should Do

  1. Reset any reused passwords and enable MFA on email first, then financial accounts.
  2. Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.

How ObscureIQ Can Help

  1. Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
  2. Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
  3. ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).

Protect Yourself

Protect Yourself: Limited Disclosure

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We will only reveal whether a specific person appears in this breach to that person.

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