Love in the Time of Cyber Threats: Romance Scams and Dating App Cybersecurity

SecurityScorecard reviews dating app security and romance scam trends, finding most top apps score A/B yet face third- and fourth-party breach exposure, while telemetry from ~15,000 sessions shows over half of observed traffic from adversarial countries and about a quarter steering users to phishing lookalikes that harvest credentials (often targeting Gmail users). The report highlights rising use of AI deepfakes in scams and recommends prioritizing application and network security along with DNS health, endpoint hardening, and consistent patching, plus user safety steps like verifying identities via live video and never sharing money or sensitive data.