**Hacking Group "ShinyHunters" Claims Theft of Data From Premium Pornhub Users**
A notorious hacking group, ShinyHunters, has made a shocking claim: they have stolen sensitive data from premium customers of the popular adult website Pornhub.
The hackers, who have been linked to a string of high-profile hacks and extortion attempts in recent months, are now threatening to publish the data unless a ransom payment is made in Bitcoin. While the scope and scale of the breach remain unclear, Reuters was able to authenticate a sample of the data provided by ShinyHunters.
At least three former Pornhub customers, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter, confirmed that their data was authentic. The individuals, two men from Canada and one man from the United States, revealed that the data belonged to them but was several years old.
"We're demanding a ransom payment in Bitcoin to prevent the publication of [Pornhub] data and delete the data," ShinyHunters told Reuters in an online chat. The group's motives are unclear, but their reputation as skilled hackers has left Pornhub and its corporate owners, Ethical Capital Partners, scrambling for answers.
Pornhub, which boasts over 100 million daily visits and 36 billion annual visits, is one of the most popular destinations on the web for adult content. The website's premium service offers high-definition videos, ad-free watching, and virtual reality experiences to its subscribers. ShinyHunters shared data from what they claimed were 14 users of Pornhub's premium service.
Reuters was able to match six people in ShinyHunters' data to information dumped online during previous data breaches and preserved by the dark web intelligence firm District 4 Labs. Three of the affected individuals confirmed to Reuters that they had, at one point, subscribed to Pornhub's premium service.
The hackers' claims have sparked a heated debate about the security measures in place at Pornhub and its third-party providers. In December, Pornhub disclosed a recent cybersecurity incident involving Mixpanel, a data analytics provider, which affected an undisclosed number of Pornhub Premium users.
Mixpanel denied any involvement in the breach, stating that it had conducted a thorough investigation into the November 2025 security incident with external cybersecurity experts and notified all affected clients. The company claimed to have found no indication that Pornhub was among those clients and that the data was unrelated to the November incident.
ShinyHunters' connection to the Mixpanel incident remains unclear, but their reputation as skilled hackers has left many wondering how they acquired the sensitive data in the first place. As the investigation unfolds, one thing is certain: the security of Pornhub's premium users is under scrutiny like never before.
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