Pornhub in Hot Water: Mixpanel Breach Leaves Users Exposed and Vulnerable
In today’s episode of “Things You Never Want Exposed,” PornHub is facing extortion after hackers linked to ShinyHunters allegedly stole the search and viewing history of its Premium users via a Mixpanel data breach. While passwords and payment info remain safe, users’ online preferences might have just become the internet’s worst-kept secret.
Hot Take:
Who would have thought that the seedy underbelly of the internet would collide with the analytical minds of Mixpanel to create a cybersecurity scandal of epic proportions? It’s like the plot twist nobody asked for but everybody secretly wanted. In a world where your viewing history can haunt you more than your teenage haircut photos, one must always be prepared for a privacy breach—because hackers definitely are.
Key Points:
- Hackers from ShinyHunters extorted PornHub after allegedly acquiring sensitive user data from a Mixpanel breach.
- Mixpanel, an analytics platform, experienced a smishing attack, affecting various companies, but claims the data was last accessed in 2023 by a legitimate user.
- PornHub assures no financial or personal credentials were compromised, but advises users to remain vigilant.
- ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 94GB of sensitive data, involving the historical activity of PornHub Premium users.
- The group has been linked to several high-profile breaches in 2025, elevating their status in the cybercrime underworld.