OnlyFans has denied it has been hacked after explicit photos of hundreds of performers, including Bella Thorne, were reportedly been leaked online by hackers.
'OnlyFans has not been hacked. Any reports of a security breach are false. There is a group of people purchasing, compiling and then illegally hosting content,' a spokesperson said.
'We have sent them a cease and desist letter and filed a WIPO Complaint against the registrant. The registrant has not responded to the Complaint and we are pursuing further legal action.'
According to BackChannel, a security company that studies the behavior of cybercriminals, a link to a Google Drive folder was 'shared on a low-tier hacker forum by a threat actor known for collecting and exchanging sexually explicit material' last month.
BackChannel says the folder contains videos and pictures stolen from hundreds of OnlyFans creators.
'In our effort to notify all users and spread awareness of the activity, BackChannel is notifying impacted users, the cloud services provider, and other concerned parties threatened by this security incident,' BackChannel wrote in a online.
Hundreds of OnlyFans creators, including Bella Thorne (left and right), have reportedly been hacked by cybercriminals who posted explicit images online
BackChannel says the folder contains videos and pictures stolen from hundreds of OnlyFans performers (disclosure pictured)
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'It is a violation of our Terms of Service to copy, duplicate or record user content, and DMCA law protects creator content being published without proper permissions. This procedure is inclusive of all required notices to move any infringement up to litigation if target websites refuse to comply,' the company said in the statement.
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Earlier on Wednesday, BackChannel founder Aaron DeVera told that the Google Drive folder originally contained folders for 279 OnlyFans creators, with one of the folders having over 10GB of videos and photos.
DeVera said it appears that all of the content was uploaded into the folder in October 2020.
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