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    YouPorn User Emails and Passwords Exposed

    Thousands of user emails and passwords from pornographic site YouPorn were exposed in a security breach, the Associated Press reports.

    The security breach was allegedly caused by a third-party chat service, which "failed to take the appropriate precautions in securing its user data," according to Kate Miller, spokeswoman of YouPorn parent company Manwin Holding SARL. YouPorn has shut down the breached server and notified its users about the security breach.

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    To make matters worse, a list of user emails and accompanying passwords (in plain text) is already circulating online. The list contains some 6,400 passwords, and it's already been widely publicized, looked over and analyzed - for example, a word cloud of the most popular passwords from the site has been created by researcher Ashkan Soltani.

    YouPorn is one of top 100 visited websites on the internet according to Alexa, which makes this security breach a high profile one. It's also highly embarassing for users, many of which probably do not want to be publicly associated with a pornography site.

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    The lesson to be learned from the incident is the usual one: do not use the same login credentials for multiple sites. Additionally, if you use services such as this one, choose an e-mail and/or login and password that cannot easily identify you.

    [via AP]

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    90 comments

    • JD  •  3 mths ago
      I actually did not know that YouPorn existed! Im older than dirt.
      • IfYouSeeKay 3 mths ago
        pornhub is better.
      • Steve 3 mths ago
        guess we know the next website you'll be typing in next huh?
      • JD 3 mths ago
        @Steve, nope but Im going to tell my sweetie about it LOL! We shall see what we shall see!
    • Stephen  •  3 mths ago
      Good thing I logged in as JohnBoehner with the password SpeakerOftheHouse.....
      • Douglas 3 mths ago
        I am a republican, and that is just funny. He is a true idiot
      • Capt AHAB 3 mths ago
        Sheeit son, I went to school with John...but thats funny as hell son
    • Bill  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Why would you ever pay for porn? There are at least 100 different ways to get it for free nowadays.
      • Unkle Splink 3 mths ago
        dumbayezz,,,,,,it was a chat site they were on that was affiliated with the site re read the article
      • Max Fubar 3 mths ago
        The wireless CCTV cameras in the neighbor's bedrooms is one good way, but you have to do 20 or 30 to have enough variety or if they are fighting and she cuts him off for a while.
      • SB 3 mths ago
        i've never paid for porn when I've used the site;)
    • Rev. JimBo  •  3 mths ago
      There's Porn on the Internet? Amazing -- I did not know that.
      • Max Fubar 3 mths ago
        Without porn there would be no Internet. They tested the lines sending dirty pictures.
      • Kevin John 3 mths ago
        Ha! Reb, you better get your alibi ready! LOL
      • Jose 3 mths ago
        There's no porn on the internet if you make good use of your "Clear History" button before leaving your seat.
    • Darklatinflavor  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Oh well, switching back to pornhub
      • Greaseman 3 mths ago
        Or lubetube
      • Jose 3 mths ago
        xHamster
      • Chris 3 mths ago
        Girls are so much better at not getting caught watching porn than guys...
    • tjmwerewolf  •  Tyler, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Why be embarrassed about looking at porn? Seriously, who doesn't?
    • SimpleMan  •  3 mths ago
      which is why you use dummy accounts for this or don't use any
    • Mr. DROT  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  3 mths ago
      What password did Bill Clinton use?
    • Max Fubar  •  3 mths ago
      Oh well, if you don't enjoy sex, there's something really WRONG with YOU. Porn is as ancient as cave drawings.
    • Alex Nero  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      Luckily I have no reputation to lose,eh hem.
    • TheTerminatorFan  •  Port St Lucie, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Went from YouPorn, to "Yea-YOU!, looking at Porn!" Ooooopppppppsssss.
    • a customer  •  3 mths ago
      no ma, i havent been yanking my noodle to porn......
    • tracie  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Are we Surprised? This is real funny but nothing to get bent out of shape about. Unless you are married and they don't watch porn. People are going to watch porn I don't care what you do to them. Now when they start to go out and make their own porn Watch Out!!!!! Why not just do the real thing with your mate? Too funny....
    • Monty  •  3 mths ago
      Purely for research purposes!!
    • JeromeB  •  3 mths ago
      I'm shocked. SHOCKED!
    • Phillip  •  3 mths ago
      There's PORN on the internet?!?!?
    • Elizabeth  •  3 mths ago
      HA! HA! Nobody should be surprised at this piece of news!
    • RC  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      There is so much free porn out there that you do not need to sign up for. Much safer.
    • Cobra  •  3 mths ago
      Hey, everybody, take care of my American Express bill while you're in my bank account, OK?
    • Otto Pilot  •  Spring Branch, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Oh well, mostly this breach affects Congressmen's privacy.
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