Pornhub Confirms Breach—User ‘Search, Watch And Download’ Activity Stolen

By Zak Doffman for Forbes
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

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There’s something particularly frightening about porn and similar data breaches — it’s an internet nightmare come true. No matter who you are, where you live or what you do, your adult content search history getting into the wrong hands is terrifying. Just look at the VPN surge as users avoid identity or age verification to access porn.

“A recent cybersecurity incident involving Mixpanel, a third-party data analytics provider, has impacted some Pornhub Premium users,” Pornhub confirmed on Dec. 12.

The company stressed “this was not a breach of Pornhub Premium’s systems,” and that “passwords, payment details, and financial information remain secure and were not exposed.” But that’s probably not the primary concern for affected users.

As ImmuniWeb’s Ilia Kolochenko warns, “if the allegations that 201,211,943 records of Pornhub’s Premium users were compromised – including detailed historical search, watch and download activity – are true, this data breach may dethrone the notorious data breach of Adult Friend Finder (AFF) in 2016.”