Subj : One of the world's most popular adult sites leaks millions of rec
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 11:45:04

One of the world's most popular adult sites leaks millions of records - 
BangBros users see personal data exposed online

Date:
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:37:00 +0000

Description:
Major breach sees 12 million records from adult site BangBros leaked online.

FULL STORY
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One of the most popular adult sites on the web has suffered an exposure of 
its own after millions of records were found sitting unprotected online. 

An investigation by researchers at Cybernews found an unprotected 
Elasticsearch cluster containing more than 8GB of sensitive information about 
BangBros users, including nearly half a million user login records. 

Overall, the database was found to be containing 12 million records, 
including details such as IPs, usernames, locations, feedback messages, and 
even "model performance statistics". Online breach 

The database was discovered on June 6, and had apparently been indexed on 
search engines a few days earlier, having apparently been left unsecured due 
to an inadvertent configuration error. 

Cybernews reports that the instance is now closed, but this doesn't mean 
hackers won't have already got their hands on the data, which could now be 
used for identity theft or extortion purposes. 

If bad actors managed to get their hands on this data, they might trace and 
link adult content viewers habits to specific individuals. Combined with 
other private information, this could lead to significant privacy issues, 
cause personal embarrassment, and result in social stigma in places with 
conservative attitudes, said Mantas Kasiliauskis, information security 
researcher at Cybernews. 

The largest part of the leak, the bangbros_straight file, contains almost 11 
million records, which appear to be from the company's media or content 
management system. 

Cybernews says it contacted BangBros following the discovery, but did not 
receive any comment - although the issue does appear to have been fixed. 
TechRadar Pro has also contacted the company for comment, and will update our 
story if received. 

Adult sites have long been a risky proposition for users, with the potential 
for privacy and security breaches a common one. We'd advise anyone signing up 
to such sites to make sure their personal data isn't put at risk, and to use 
a VPN to make sure your browsing habits stay private, alongside multi-factor 
authentication on all your most important personal accounts. More from 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-of-the-world-s-most-popular-adult-sites-leak
s-millions-of-records-users-have-sordid-data-exposed


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