Dating site users spammed with smut after ‘third-party’ data leak

From Sophos Naked Security:

Dating site users spammed with smut after ‘third-party’ data leak

"Users of the Guardian’s Soulmates dating site have been getting spammed with smut after the site leaked their contact information.

The UK-based Guardian newspaper’s publisher, which runs the service, is blaming “human error” and a third-party technology provider for the leak, which has now been fixed. According to the BBC, the site — which charges users up to £32 ($41.50) per month — said that only email addresses and user IDs had been exposed directly. But that information can be used to dig out more from public profiles, said the company, including photos, relationship preferences and physical descriptions."