Famous porn site's account holders exposed by hackers

Names of almost 800,000 registered users of the site have been exposed in the data breach

In the latest of a series of data breaches, hackers have managed to infiltrate popular porn website Brazzers and expose the identities of nearly 800,000 registered users.

The data includes email addresses, usernames and passwords spelled out in plain text. These were taken from the website's associated forums which users typically use to interact among themselves.

The attackers reportedly stole data using vulnerabilities in the vBulletin software that is used to run the chat forums. Brazzers later confirmed that the breach did in fact occur via the vBulletin software.



Commenting on the breach, security researcher Troy Hunt said, "The widely used vBulletin software is often poorly maintained by forum administrators who do not apply the latest security patches and leave sites vulnerable to attack." Several recent breaches had all been traced back to vBulletin, he added.

Hunt said, "The release of the data is potentially more embarrassing than just knowing someone was a member of a porn site because if someone used the stolen logins, they could see private conversations about sexual preferences and what they fantasise about."



It is pertinent to note that the data was stolen in 2013 but has only now come to light, according to BBC. Brazzers said it had taken "corrective measures" to protect users and stop credentials from being re-used.

This article originally appeared on BBC.