The Inquisitr - Tech

Popular dating app Tinder has reportedly had more than 70,000 pictures from female accounts dumped to an online cyber-crime forum, according to Gizmodo.

As the photographs were only of women, many experts believe that the hackers are hoping to use the photographs and data to set up catfishing accounts to scam male users. Another possibility is that the pictures could be used to train a facial recognition product.

Aaron DeVera a member of New York City’s task force on cyber sexual assault said that the images were published on a website known for trading in malicious software.

DeVera added that he is particularly disturbed by the fact that whoever gathered the data “very openly targeting female-presenting users.”

In addition to the pictures, the perpetrators obtained 16,000 unique Tinder user IDs. Experts believe that it is possible the number signifies the number of users affected.

“Dumps of data such as this typically attract fraudsters, who use

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