"Hackers have accessed the search history and viewing habits of premium users of Pornhub, one of the world's most popular pornography websites. A gang has reportedly accessed more than 200m data records, including premium members' email addresses, search and viewing activities and locations. Pornhub is a heavily used site and says it has more than 100m daily visits globally. The hack was reportedly carried out by a western-based group called ShinyHunters, according to the website BleepingComputer, which first reported the hack."
"Pornhub said in a statement on its website that premium users had been affected by an attack on Mixpanel, a company that had provided data analytics to the publisher. Pornhub said a select number of users had been affected and that it had stopped working with Mixpanel in 2021, indicating the data is not recent. It is important to note this was not a breach of Pornhub Premium's systems."
"Passwords, payment details and financial information remain secure and were not exposed, said the pornography service. Pornhub added that an unauthorized party had been able to extract a limited set of analytics events for some users. Other types of data taken include video URL, video name, keywords associated with the video, and the time the event occurred, according to BleepingComputer."
A hacking group named ShinyHunters reportedly accessed about 201 million records tied to Pornhub premium members. Extracted data included email addresses, search and viewing activities, video URLs and names, keywords, locations, and timestamps. Pornhub said the exposure came from an attack on Mixpanel, an analytics provider it stopped using in 2021, indicating the data are not recent. Pornhub stated the incident was not a breach of Pornhub Premium systems and that passwords, payment and financial information were not exposed. ShinyHunters reportedly demanded bitcoin to prevent publication and deletion of the data; Mixpanel said it was aware of the alleged theft and found no sign of a recent cyber-attack.
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