A huge cache of stolen pornographic photos and videos from the subscription website OnlyFans has leaked online.
The leak amounts to around 1.5 terabytes worth of adult content – the equivalent of around 3 million photos or 750 hours of HD video – produced by sex workers, porn stars and social media influencers.
OnlyFans claimed the leak is not the result of a data breach. Instead, the content was allegedly gathered from a number of sources.
“We have investigated claims of a site wide hack and found no evidence of any breach of our systems,” the firm said in a statement.
“The content contained in the supposed ‘leak’ seems to be curated from multiple sources, including other social media applications.”
The dump, which was first brought to attention by journalist Vonny LeClerc, has been shared across social media sites like Instagram, Reddit and Twitter.
There is currently no technology to prevent private image and video files from being reshared from pay-walled sites.
A section on the OnlyFans website explains the measures it takes with regards to stolen content.
“OnlyFans takes content piracy very seriously and has a designated DMCA team that issue formal takedown notices against all reported copyright violations,” the site states.
“Our DMCA team issue notice on all illicit target websites, hosting services and domain registrars, whilst also notifying all major search engines of these infringements.”
