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Category: DatingBuzz

DatingBuzz, South African Dating Site, Denies Breach

Posted on June 4, 2026
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MYBROADBAND – DatingBuzz, one of South Africa’s largest dating sites, has denied claims that its systems were breached after a hacker forum post alleged that ~670K user records were being offered for sale. DatingBuzz operator DatingLab said it was unaware of any breach and noted that the alleged dataset contained fields and features not used by its platform. The claims could not be verified, and cybersecurity experts suggested the post may have been generated using AI as part of a growing trend of fake data leak listings.

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South African Online Dating Report

Posted on November 30, 2005

Nov 30 — I just came across a tidy little report on the South African online dating market at Netucation.co.za.    Apparently, the major South African sites are DatingBuzz, Couples, Galaxy Singles, Lovemail and SexyIntro – Mark Brooks

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South African Singles Holidays

Posted on June 10, 2005

INDEPENDENT ONLINE — June 10 — Travel Buzz specialises in activity-based group travel where single people get to meet other singles. It was developed in partnership with DatingBuzz, South Africa's largest online dating service, and caters for the growing number of solo travellers in South Africa.  Tours are based on 16 people travelling together. 

The full article was originally published at Independent Online, but is no longer available.

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