People search Badoo data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 2 Badoo-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 112M+ in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why Badoo breach history matters
Badoo operates in Technology / Dating (United Kingdom). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include unverified actor or scraping claims. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2026 — forum database-sale claim; ~51M user records cited (unverified)
Unverified claim — treat actor counts cautiously. 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 labele Exposed categories include 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; unver. BreachHistory cites approximately 51M+ affected records in this row. See the badoo-forum 2026 record and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2013 — 112M accounts (dating/social)
Cataloged incident. Breach June 2013, discovered June 2016 when data circulated. Over 125M records. Badoo denied being hacked. Exposed categories include Email addresses, full names, usernames, dates of birth, MD5 passwords, gender. BreachHistory cites approximately 112M+ affected records in this row. See the badoo2013 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Unverified actor or scraping claims — appears across multiple Badoo catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Bookmark the Badoo company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/badoo · Latest: badoo-forum2026.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (2 rows for Badoo), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.