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Hackers access Pornhub’s premium users’ viewing habits and search history
ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021
TL;DR
- Over 200 million data records of Pornhub premium users have been accessed.
- The stolen data includes email addresses, search and viewing activities, and locations.
- The hack was reportedly carried out by a group called ShinyHunters.
- Pornhub attributes the breach to an attack on its data analytics provider, Mixpanel.
- Pornhub states that passwords, payment details, and financial information were not exposed.
- Mixpanel is investigating the alleged data theft but found no indication of a cyber-attack on their business.
- Cybersecurity firm Sophos has not seen evidence of the Pornhub data being released on leak sites.