Granity Entertainment Data Breach (2020)

Adult live-streaming site CAM4’s unprotected database exposed millions of personally identifiable records including names, emails, user conversations, payment logs, and IP addresses dating back March, according to a worrying report that’s just been published. The 7TB database was found by a team of researchers from Security Detective, a site focusing on security incidents and tools. The team’s lead researcher, Anurag Sen, said it had more than 10.88 billion records that included server logs, password hashes, and customer information. The production log dated back to March 16. he team found 11 million email IDs, more than 26 million password hashes, and hundreds of records uncovering full names, credit card type, and paid amounts.The database also contained details such as username, gender preference, sexual orientation, IP addresses, device information, transcripts of email correspondence, user conversations, and chat transcripts between users and CAM4. Plus, it had information related to fraud and spam detection, giving a peek into the site’s security practices.