2026 Badoo — forum database-sale claim; ~51M user records cited (unverified)
Data compromised
Actor-claimed ~51 million user records from alleged Badoo dating-platform database—specific field list not independently validated in open reporting reviewed at catalog time; unverified
Technical writeup
Unverified criminal-forum sale claim — observed mid-July 2026. Threat-intelligence social reporting (Dark Web Informer, July 2026) described a cybercrime-forum post advertising an alleged database belonging to Badoo, the Bumble-owned global dating platform, citing approximately 51 million user records. Badoo had not issued a matching public breach confirmation at indexing time. This claim is distinct from Badoo's older HIBP-tracked 2013 and 2016 loads. BreachHistory catalogs the actor-cited 51 million figure labeled unverified pending company or independent validation.
Root cause
Unverified cybercrime-forum listing advertising alleged Badoo user database for sale—Badoo had not confirmed at catalog time