Pornhub is the latest company to confirm its customers are involved in a data breach through third-party service Mixpanel. The security incident from Nov. 8 saw data stolen from other companies, including OpenAI. The pornography website confirmed on Dec. 12 it had been impacted, although it hasn’t worked with Mixpanel since 2021. It said, “The incident occurred within our analytics vendor Mixpanel’s environment and involved a limited set of analytics events for some users.”The hacker group ShinyHunters began extorting multiple Mixpanel customers last week confirming it was behind the breach. It sent threats over email saying it will publish stolen user data if a ransom isn’t paid.The hacker group shared a small amount of the data with Bleeping Computer confirming it includes email addresses, locations, videos watched, and keywords associated with each video. It also showed when the video was watched, and whether it was downloaded. Is the content “private” content beacuse anyone can pay to view ?
