Cupid Media is an online dating site. Like many other such sites, young and old singles flock to it. Cupid Media operates over 30 niche dating websites based on ethnicity, religion and social preferences. In a recent hack, it exposed over 42 million passwords and other personal details. yeah, it happens. But wait, that is not the whole story. The worst part of the story is that Cupid Media had practically no security in place for protecting the privacy of its users. All User details, including passwords, usernames, and birthdays were kept in plain text. Yes! Plain text ! No encryption, Not even a simple hash. That is a shame.
The sad part is that no amount of creativity on your part in creating a strong password or using any password manager would have helped in this case. It is just a case of stupidity on the part of Cupid Media to have exposed all personal data of its users. It is a lesson for all of us. Whenever you sign-up for new sites, ask a lot of questions and find out what information is really needed by the site and how are they keeping that data. And once you are satisfied that the website is going to keep your data safe, user a reliable password manager (like Strong Pass) to manage your passwords and keep you protected online.
