Following on from the hacking of BrandNewTube we have also been made aware that Bitchute is facing similar issues. This was first published in Privacy Affairs:
The threat actor known as “Pompompurin” claims to possess personal data, including passwords, on a total of 2,988,494 BitChute.com users.
Pompompurin is willing to sell the whole database for $4,000.
Highlights:
- A hacker known as Pompompurin is selling the personal data – including passwords – of close to 3 million BitChute users
- Affected data includes usernames, full names, passwords, email addresses, websites, channel descriptions, registration, and latest IP address
- Pompompurin is the same hacker or group of hackers who are suspected to be behind the 2021 FBI hack
After being analyzed, the hacker released a sample that suggests that the information and the leak are genuine.
Pompompurin did not disclose how they obtained this data.
Pompompurin is also suspected to be behind the November 2021 FBI data breach.
The breach affects a total of 2,988,494 users of the streaming platform BitChute.
The information includes usernames, full names, passwords, email addresses, websites, channel descriptions, registration, latest IP address, YouTube Channel ID, and date joined.
This comes as BrandNewTube, another alt streaming site in the UK, coming under attack with broadcaster Sonia Poulton stating the following:
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