CY xHamster 2016 Hacking (Q10538)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | CY xHamster 2016 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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851F33E3-9AEE-4556-A1C5-496BFFED09F1
January 2016
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Hundreds of thousands of user account details for porn site xHamster are being traded on the digital underground. The database of nearly 380,000 users, provided to Motherboard by for-profit breach notification site LeakBase, includes usernames, email addresses, and what appears to be poorly-hashed passwords. Although xHamster is a free porn site, users can sign up to create personal favorite collections, post comments, or upload their own videos. According to the xHamster site, over 12 million people have signed up for an account. Motherboard attempted to create new xHamster accounts with a random selection of 50 email addresses from the database. When the email corresponded to an xHamster account, the site returned the message This email already exist! [sic] All 50 addresses were already (English)
