[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f8pph2qbq1zio":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"modifiedDate":13,"contentUpdatedAt":14,"source":15,"sourceUrl":16,"sourceUrls":17,"pwnCount":20,"affectedCount":20,"affectedCountStatus":21,"affectedCountLowerBound":22,"affectedCountUnit":23,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":24,"dataClasses":25,"description":29,"seoTitle":30,"seoTitleEn":31,"seoDescription":30,"seoDescriptionEn":32,"logoUrl":33,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":4,"isSpamList":34,"isMalware":34,"company":35},"68e3266eda11adda4882512a","Brazzers","Brazzers Data Breach","brazzers","brazzers.com","2013-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","2016-09-05T10:02:23.000Z","2026-07-02T12:26:55.059Z","2026-07-18T23:46:46.460Z","Verified breach record","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scworld.com\u002Fnews\u002Fold-breach-of-brazzers-porn-forum-exposes-users",[16,18,19],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.helpnetsecurity.com\u002F2016\u002F09\u002F06\u002F800000-brazzers-users-exposed\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bitdefender.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fblog\u002Fhotforsecurity\u002Fexposed-almost-800000-brazzers-usernames-and-passwords-revealed-after-forum-hack",790724,"known",null,"unknown","High",[26,27,28],"Email addresses","Passwords","Usernames","\u003Cp>The Brazzers data breach should be considered a sensitive account security incident recorded on April 1, 2013, and extensively revealed in September 2016. The scope is 790,724 unique email addresses. The incident exposed email addresses, usernames, and passwords in the context of account and forum usage associated with Brazzers. The fact that the passwords were in plain text makes this breach more risky than many other breaches of similar scale. The context of an adult content service also necessitates evaluating privacy, targeted harassment, blackmail, reputation, and account takeover risks together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Leaking Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The compromised data types are email addresses, usernames, and passwords. The presence of passwords in plain text allows an attacker to try the same information on other services without waiting for the password cracking process. If the same password is reused on email, social media, cloud, finance, work, or other adult services, the risk is not limited to the Brazzers account. The combination of email and username also increases the risk of matching the person with their other profiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the context of the service, the privacy impact in this incident is very high. The appearance of an email address or username as being related to adult content services can provide a basis for sensitive comments about the individual, targeted shaming attempts, or fake threat messages. A positive match does not definitively prove the person's full behavior or active membership; old, shared, or forum-linked accounts may also be affected. Nevertheless, plain text passwords and sensitive service context together require serious action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The correct incident date should be recorded as April 1, 2013, and the date of addition to the list as September 5, 2016. The scope of account search is 790,724 unique email addresses. Although some reports mention higher total rows or repeated account numbers, the number of unique emails on the user search screen should be taken as the reference. The incident should be understood as forum-based account data affecting users associated with the main Brazzers service as well; this distinction clarifies which data fields the user should consider at risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Verified data classes are email addresses, usernames, and passwords. Phone numbers, physical addresses, payment cards, bank accounts, official IDs, birth dates, IP addresses, private messages, or browsing history should not be added to this record as verified fields. The password field should not be described as a hash; the risk of plain text passwords should be explicitly stated. Keeping the record in the sensitive class is a basic protection that prevents others from easily finding out whether a particular email address is included in this dataset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The highest risk is for individuals who reuse the password they used on their Brazzers or related forum accounts on other accounts as well. If the email account is protected with the same password, the attacker may first try to gain access to the email inbox; if successful, they can also reach other accounts with password reset messages. Those who use the same username on different platforms can also be more easily identified and exposed to targeted messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the context of adult services, users carry risks of social pressure, blackmail, offers to remove fake data, fake support notifications, and targeted identity hunting, aside from account takeover. For those using corporate email, reputation and workplace context may be more sensitive. Even if it is an old account, the risk may continue because email addresses and passwords are repeated for a long time. Therefore, a positive match should not be seen only as a note of an old membership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Users in the positive match area should first ensure that any old password they may have used for this service is no longer valid on any other account. If the same or a similar password has been used for email, social media, financial, cloud, work, or other services, they should immediately switch to long and unique passwords. Multi-factor protection should be enabled for email accounts, social media, and critical accounts. Active sessions, recovery addresses, and unexpected password reset messages should be checked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caution should be exercised against threat messages using the name Brazzers, the old username, or the email address. Messages that include fake account deletion, data removal, informing the family, or payment requests should not be responded to. Do not click on links, open attachments, or send money. If there is an attempt at blackmail or harassment, messages should be saved, reported to the relevant platform, and the option of consulting local authorities should be considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>In the long term, using a different password for each service and storing them in a reliable password manager is the most important protection. For services with sensitive contexts, a separate email or masking solution should be preferred instead of the main email. Repeating the same username across multiple platforms increases the risk of profile matching; therefore, different identifiers should be preferred for sensitive services. Account activity notifications and multi-factor protection should remain constantly enabled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For service providers, this incident demonstrates the need for shared account systems, forum plugins, old password storage habits, and data minimization in sensitive services. Storing passwords in plain text is not an acceptable security choice. User data in sensitive services should be kept to a minimum, the links between forum and main service accounts should be carefully monitored, and in incident reports, it should be clear which system affects which data fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>If the check result is positive, it means that the entered email address is present in the dataset associated with Brazzers. For risk purposes, the email address, username, and plaintext password should be considered. If the result is negative, it is understood that there is no match in this specific dataset; this does not prove that the person has never been involved in another adult service, forum, password, or social network breach. Due to the sensitive service context, the result should be interpreted not only from a technical security standpoint but also from a privacy perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appropriate action for the user is to completely abandon the old password, reset all repeated passwords, secure the email account, enable multi-factor protection, review public profiles with the same username, and not respond to extortion messages. The Brazzers breach, due to plaintext password and sensitive service linkage, is a data breach that can have long-lasting effects; therefore, account security and privacy controls should be addressed together.\u003C\u002Fp>","","Brazzers Data Breach (790.7 Thousand Reported Records)","Brazzers Data Breach. 790.7 Thousand reported records were reported. Reported data: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames. Review the scope, risks, and…","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Fbrazzers_com.webp",false,{"name":7,"sector":36,"country":37,"website":10,"websiteArchiveUrl":30,"websiteStatus":30,"websiteCheckedAt":22},"Adult entertainment platform","Global"]