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The Pornhub breach is being reported as a data story. It's actually a story about shame as a weapon.

In December 2025, a hacker group called ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 200 million records from Pornhub Premium users — including email addresses, locations, and intimate watch and search history. They sent extortion demands. The data was verified as real.

In this episode of Privacy Please, Cameron Ivey breaks down:

✅ What was actually stolen — and why it's worse than most breaches ✅ The three-way blame game between Pornhub, Mixpanel, and a mysterious 2023 employee access ✅ Why ShinyHunters is one of the most dangerous and active hacker groups operating right now ✅ The bigger question nobody's asking: why does this data still exist? ✅ Five things you can do right now to protect yourself

🔗 RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Check your email in breaches: haveibeenpwned.com
• Freeze your credit: annualcreditreport.com (links to all three bureaus)
• Data removal: DeleteMe — joindeleteme.com
• Follow the reporting: bleepingcomputer.com | malwarebytes.com/blog

📰 SOURCE REPORTING:

• BleepingComputer — ShinyHunters extortion demand (December 2025)
• Malwarebytes — Pornhub/Mixpanel/SoundCloud breach roundup
• Euronews — Pornhub investigation coverage
• Reuters — user data verification
• Panda Security — breach overview

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