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    Hacker claims porn site users compromised

    LONDON (AP) — A hacker claims to have compromised the personal information of more than 350,000 users after breaking into a disused website operated by pornography provider Brazzers.

    Kate Miller, director of communications for site owner Manwin Holding SARL, said Saturday it was "currently investigating the issue" but that no credit card information has been leaked.

    Miller said it appeared that the hacker had gained access to an inactive forum to help enter other, linked websites. She said people who were potentially affected were being notified of the security breach by the company.

    In an email, she said that security was "a priority at all times" and that the company would do all it could to safeguard its users' information. The email went on to blame the hacker for "illegal and prohibited cyber criminal activities."

    The breach is a potential embarrassment for Luxembourg-based Manwin, which runs some of the world's best-known pornography websites.

    A small sample of the hundreds of thousands of pieces of user data allegedly compromised were posted to the Internet earlier this week. Emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords were divulged, and in some cases it was possible to infer porn users' full names and country of origin.

    The hacker claiming responsibility for the breach told The Associated Press that he carried out the attack to draw attention to the site's vulnerability.

    "I didn't do that for any money," he said in an email.

    He identified himself only as a 17-year-old living in Morocco and claimed allegiance to Anonymous, the global movement of cyber-mischief-makers who have carried out embarrassing attacks on record companies, the Church of Scientology, and the FBI.

     
    • NSWG-ST6  •  3 mths ago
      Have to wonder - when the list leaks, how many Senators and Congressman are going to be on it?
      • Max 3 mths ago
        They hire #$%$mistresses, they don't need porn.
      • Max 3 mths ago
        how is "Hook" plus "ers" a bad word?
      • Dance for it 3 mths ago
        Yeah, #$%$ and interns.
    •  •  3 mths ago
      Why would you pay for pornography? The 8.6 billion free sites aren't enough?
      • CommonCitizenLikeYou 3 mths ago
        The videos are really #$%$ and there are ads everywhere.
      • Thomas 3 mths ago
        Porn hub and xvideos for the win? lol
      • Howard Webb 3 mths ago
        Brazzers passwords are easy to get too, people crack them and just post them online.
    • will s  •  3 mths ago
      so glad I don't pay for my porn
      • poop on you 3 mths ago
        FREEEEEEEECUUUMMMM!!!!!
      • Thomas 3 mths ago
        Yup I agree say thanks to porn hub and videos...
    • Jim  •  3 mths ago
      Looking at the comment section I guess I was right.. Nobody cares! & Why even bother hacking a porn site?
      • Pack 3 mths ago
        Because they are making huge bundle of money. That's one of the money productive activity on the net, including gambling.
      • Paul 3 mths ago
        Jim doesn't understand identity theft
    • AxeMan 167  •  3 mths ago
      Good thing i don't use brazzers...I only do the free sites
      • Mas 3 mths ago
        they do have a free site- go to porn hub- they have good vids.
      • Mike Hunt 3 mths ago
        That's a good site Mas. I jerk off to that on a regular basis my favorites are the blowjobs and big tit scenes but I love to watch two chicks too.
      • AxeMan 167 3 mths ago
        I only use beeg, so much great choices
    • Rich H  •  Woodburn, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      I wonder how many people read this story just to see if it was one they visit!
    • My Two Cents  •  3 mths ago
      People actually pay for porn. I thought free porn was one of the reasons the internet was invented.
    • Kreamowheat  •  Alliance, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      The real shocker is finding out people are still paying for porn!
    • Robin  •  Monterey Park, California  •  3 mths ago
      A friend of mine said that 30 seconds of free clips are plenty for him and that he’d get bored watching a full length movie. I mean, I wouldn’t know…but that’s what he said.
    • Motion  •  3 mths ago
      .......honest baby! I'm not gaye.....I was just curious about 350 times!
    • Tom  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      any name of the site's users that appears as Tom from New York is purely coincidental and in no way connected with me.
    • George  •  Tempe, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Who the hell pays for porn? There's so much good free stuff out there....
    • Gallows  •  Fort Lauderdale, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Ohhh! c'on man! that was the only thing I really enjoyed. I don't wanna go back to try to talk to those things with vagina's. You know how dangerous that is nowadays?
    • Kalico Jones  •  3 mths ago
      People pay for online porn? Wow .who knew?
    • Joseph  •  Hackensack, New Jersey  •  3 mths ago
      lol who still pays for porn!?
    • michael  •  3 mths ago
      Did they say 350,000 subscribers? Note to self..1) Buy video camera. 2) Call every broke chick you know.
    • B  •  Fort Lauderdale, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Not for nothing, but I have a simple rule: Don't do anything on your PC or on the internet that you'd be ashamed of sharing with your entire neighborhood.

      If I subscribe to adult services, be sure that it's for the benefit of my wife and I and that neither of us would deny it to anyone who cares to ask. We're not abnormal, we have a very healthy sex life but then we take care to only go through reputable services with strong Terms of Service to help safeguard ourselves from the unknown.

      If someone gets hold of our info and does something with it, it's a risk that comes with the territory and we've prepared ourselves for that possibility.

      It's called the "World Wide Web" for a reason... Don't assume you're safe or your information is safe, just abide by rule #1 and all will be well.
    • Walter  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  3 mths ago
      IF a 17 Year Old Hacked into it, I guess he bypassed the part where you must confirm that you are at least 18 Years old to enter. Just saying.
    • wolf banderson  •  3 mths ago
      WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      i mean....er.....that is to say........uh...........
      I AM A MAN!
      *runs away to change his credit cards*
    • Geep  •  3 mths ago
      Who pays for porn in this day and age?
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