Hacking Group Says It's Extorting Pornhub And Threatening To Expose Members' Personal Information
Jesus fucking Christ. From what I’ve seen over the last couple of years, Pornhub and the company that owns it has been stricter than ever about security measures and protecting people’s private information. So, if this can happen there, it can probably happen anywhere. Via TechCrunch:
The hacking group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, which includes members of a gang known as ShinyHunters, said it is attempting to extort porn site Pornhub, after claiming to have stolen personal information belonging to the website’s premium members. On Friday, Pornhub confirmed it was among several companies affected by an earlier breach at the widely used web and mobile analytics provider Mixpanel, which exposed unspecified “analytics events” of some Pornhub Premium users. On Monday, Bleeping Computer reported seeing a sample of the stolen Pornhub data, which included personal information associated with Pornhub Premium members, including their registered email addresses and location; activity type, such as which videos and channels they watched…
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