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Overview
In March 2025, it was revealed that nearly 1.5 million explicit and private images from dating apps developed by M.A.D Mobile – including BDSM People, Chica, Pink, Brish, and Translove – were left unprotected online. This privacy failure potentially exposed users to serious risks of extortion, blackmail, and reputational harm. These apps serve hundreds of thousands of people, many within the LGBTQ+ and kink communities, who may be particularly vulnerable to discrimination or abuse if their private images have been exposed.
For many, the most distressing part of this breach is the unknown:
Who saw your images? Were they downloaded? Shared? Used without your knowledge? While the data protection failure was flagged by an ‘ethical hacker – someone who uses their skills responsibly to alert organisations to security vulnerabilities – there’s no guarantee other malicious hackers haven’t accessed the images.
If you used any of these apps, your intimate images could have been accessible to anyone – without a password or encryption. Data breach lawyers are now investigating the incident. Join the Claim to register your interest in any future no-win, no-fee compensation claim following this devastating privacy failure.
At a glance
The affected apps include:
If you used any of these services, your data may have been compromised. Register now to express your interest in joining a potential legal action and to receive crucial updates as this case progresses.
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March 2025
The BBC emails M.A.D Mobile to ask about the security issue after being tipped off by the researcher. After the BBC gets involved, M.A.D Mobile finally secures the storage and removes public access to the image repository. The BBC publishes its investigation, confirming the scale and sensitivity of the data exposure.
January 2025
An ethical hacker from Cybernews discovers nearly 1.5 million user images - including explicit content - publicly accessible online due to an unprotected cloud storage bucket used by M.A.D Mobile apps. He privately contacts M.A.D Mobile to report the security vulnerability. M.A.D Mobile does not respond or take any visible action to secure the exposed images.
We’ll provide more updates on the M.A.D Mobile dating app image breach claim as they occur.
Between January and March 2025, security researchers discovered that nearly 1.5 million private images from five dating apps developed by M.A.D Mobile were being stored online without password protection or encryption. These included profile pictures, images sent via private messages, and even content removed by moderators.
The following M.A.D Mobile apps were involved:
If you used any of these apps, your private images may have been exposed.
Researchers found unprotected access to photos, including:
No names were attached to the images, but the content was still highly sensitive and potentially identifiable.
No this wasn’t a breach via hacking. It was a serious failure of basic security by M.A.D Mobile. Anyone with the link could view the images without needing a password. This made them vulnerable to malicious actors, extortionists, and leaks.
You may be eligible to join a collective claim for:
Lawyers are likely gathering interest to explore a group legal action.
Not necessarily. And not at this stage. If you used one of the affected apps, especially if you shared private images, you may have a claim. Legal teams can request access logs, timestamps, and app usage records as part of the investigation.
It’s too early to give a precise figure. But in general, compensation in data protection cases typically reflects:
Given the nature of this breach – involving explicit images, LGBTQ+ and kink communities, and a failure to act despite early warnings – claims could be significant.
In the UK, if a group of people have experienced loss, or otherwise been harmed by an organisation’s law breaking, they can come together to fight for justice. Levelling the playing field when standing up to big businesses, group actions prove there is strength in numbers. At Join the Claim, we bring consumers and law firms together to ensure these group actions are as powerful as possible.
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