PornHub’s user data was targeted and stolen through a Mixpanel breach, leading to extortion by the ShinyHunters gang. The breach exposed sensitive user activity data, including search and watch histories, but not payment or financial information. #ShinyHunters #Mixpanel #PornHub
Keypoints
- ShinyHunters is responsible for the data breach and extortion attempts involving PornHub.
- The breach affected over 200 million records of search and watch activity from PornHub Premium users.
- Mixpanel, the analytics provider, states the breach did not originate from their November 2025 incident.
- The stolen data includes user emails, activity types, locations, video URLs, and search histories.
- The threat group is linked to multiple recent high-profile data breaches and is launching a new ransomware-as-a-service platform.