Following the news, regarding the data breach from a forum closely related to popular adult website Brazzers, which exposed the details of 800,000 users. Jon Geater, Chief Technology Officer, Thales e-Security commented below.
The leak, which was disclosed by a breach notification website called vigilante.pw, contained 790,724 email records in total, alongside forum usernames and even plain-text passwords.
Jon Geater, Chief Technology Officer at Thales e-Security:
So with generic software bugs all over the Internet and consumers reusing email addresses and passwords reused for many different purposes, there is total uncertainty about what parts of your online – and real – identity are safe and which might be exposed to public gaze.
This latest breach underlines the clear requirement for advanced cyber-security techniques – such as robust encryption – that protect organisations from allowing hackers to penetrate their networks and access potentially sensitive user data.”