Plenty of Fish hacked (biggest online dating site).

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Biggest online dating site, Plenty of Fish, hacked, says CEO

Plenty of Fish hacked, CEO recounts bizarre ordeal with hacker in blog post

Bizarre to say the least....

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[erikistired]

i dunno what to think about this. the owner of PoF is ranting and raving, but the "hacker" seems to be a security researcher pointing out a major hole that was already being exploited. it sounds more like sour grapes for being exposed, but who knows. the emails between the person who found the hole and the owner's wife seem rather chipper.

 

[zinfamous]

wow, I've never heard of the site and it's the biggest online dating site?

weird.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Never heard of this place either, not so many fish in the advertising sea I guess.

 

[Texashiker]

wow, I've never heard of the site and it's the biggest online dating site?

weird.

Never heard of this place either, not so many fish in the advertising sea I guess.

Plenty of fish does not do a lot of advertising. When you hold the #1 spot on google for "free dating site", who "really" needs to advertise.

The owner of plenty of fish brings in about $300,000 per month from google adsense, he should be able to afford to hire some good security people.

Top 8 google adsense earners

There is a lot of talk about Markus Frind in the blogging / webmaster circles.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Never heard of them...

 

[MetalMat]

Yeah I got an email today saying that I needed to change my password. I did not trust it but I guess its true. I have not been on that site in a while.

 

[Fritzo]

wow, I've never heard of the site and it's the biggest online dating site?

weird.

I was going to say this too.

Also, when the site is called "Plenty of Fish..." I picture unkempt nasty women for some reason.

 

[ShawnD1]

Never heard of this place either, not so many fish in the advertising sea I guess.

It's not so much for dating as it is for people cruising for sex. okcupid is where people go for dates.

 

[thepd7]

sounds like extortion to me. Owner sounds like an idiot too though.

 

[Woosta]

What a moron owner - he didn't listen at ALL to the security dude despite all the warnings... and he stored those passwords in plain text.

fail

 

[waggy]

i heard of plenty of fish. though to be honest it was in passing and i figured it was a fishing site.

but yes the owner sounds like a idiot.

 

[disappoint]

I had heard of Plenty of Fish a while back, thought about joining but didn't. Had no idea the owner was such a dumbass.

 

[Aikouka]

The Plenty of Fish website is only a step above Geocities Builder quality. :\

 

[Lifted]

Owner was being extorted. Owner doesn't know much about security/programming. This isn't match.com though, so he's not making enough to hire tons of developers and security experts. His income from google ads pay for the ton of servers and bandwidth he needs, with enough leftover for a nice paycheck.

 

[silverpig]

The Plenty of Fish website is only a step above Geocities Builder quality. :\

Angelfire yo.

 

[rh71]

a few months ago they mentioned that site on the local radio station morning show here which is pretty much the biggest one in NY... it wasn't even an ad-spot... they claimed it was a good site so lots of visitors I'm sure. I checked out the site just now and I don't even see any google ads... how the hell is he making that much?

Can you freakin imagine that much money a month? How many cars can you buy?! Well first up a house with a big enough garage...

 

[Eli]

I've used it. Went on quite a few dates, actually. Haven't used it in a long time.

It's a good site. Simple.

But the article is alarming. Maybe I should delete my account.

 

[Aikouka]

I've used it. Went on quite a few dates, actually. Haven't used it in a long time.

It's a good site. Simple.

But the article is alarming. Maybe I should delete my account.

Except the amount of search results is a pure sham. If you go through the pages, you will see Plenty of Repeats if anything. :\

 

[Bateluer]

What a moron owner - he didn't listen at ALL to the security dude despite all the warnings... and he stored those passwords in plain text.

fail

Dumbass.

 

[Eli]

Except the amount of search results is a pure sham. If you go through the pages, you will see Plenty of Repeats if anything. :\

??

I guess I never noticed. I never had a problem with the search results. Seemed pretty straight forward to me.

 

[Bateluer]

Except the amount of search results is a pure sham. If you go through the pages, you will see Plenty of Repeats if anything. :\

Saw this myself. Not as bad as Yahoo Singles, but pretty bad. Ruins the online dating experience IMO.

 

[Aikouka]

Repeats aren't too bad, but they do get kind of annoying after awhile. I think it happens when you do a broader search (50+ miles) with at least a few pages of results.

Another problem... the huge amount of baby mamas, and in my area, lots of people who put "Jesus" as one of their keywords .

 

[Texashiker]

This isn't match.com though, so he's not making enough to hire tons of developers and security experts.

You do not have to hire a "ton" of security experts or programmers - security consultants are usually hired on a per-job basis, and all you need are a couple of good quality programmers.

Making $300,000 a month, I don't see what the problem is.

Every 3 - 6 months bring in a security consulting firm, have them do a review of the site and servers, then have your programmers fix the issues.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

plenty of fish? More like plenty of fatties.