Overview
- Attackers claim the archive contains historical records for more than 200 million Premium accounts, including emails, approximate locations, searches, viewing activity, video URLs and timestamps.
- Reports say the hackers are attempting extortion by threatening to publish intimate browsing histories targeting both Pornhub and individual users.
- Pornhub states the data traces back to Mixpanel, a provider it stopped using in 2021, and that the records are at least four years old.
- Coverage attributes the operation to ShinyHunters, while independent verification of the full dataset and its contents is still developing.
- Some reports say unauthorized access was detected in November 2025 and that Mixpanel clients received extortion emails, with Pornhub warning users to watch for phishing.