S7, E272 - They Know What You Watched

Send us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES  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 🎙️ Privacy Please is part of the Problem Lounge Network 🌐 theproblemlounge.com 📺 YouTube: The Problem Lounge Network If this one hit different — share it.  Support the show