The data of users of a popular porn website has been leaked. It contains private information such as username and email id. According to the report, hackers could misuse this information to carry out cyber attacks or blackmail the user to extort money from them.
According to Cyber News, the data of a porn website called MyFreeCams has been leaked. The leaked data contains information of around 20 lakh users. It contains personal information such as the user's email ID, IP address, search, username and password. Now this information is being sold in the black market.
According to the report, the user database is being marketed to the hackers’ famous platform. Here, in the form of bitcoin, 10 thousand users are asking $ 1500 for data. It is said that those who buy 10 thousand users’ data can earn at least $ 10,000. Upon receiving the news, the porn website also confirmed it and said that they reset the password by notifying users.
MyFreeCams is a popular porn website, ranked 27th in the list of popular adult websites. This website has 7 crore monthly visitors. There are many ways that hackers can use users’ stolen details. In addition, users may also receive blackmailing emails, in which users threaten to send their pornographic information to family and friends. The email address can be used for phishing and spamming.