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Nevertheless, while it may not be considered technically as a breach or hack, or even a "leak," the case is still highly disconcerting, and potentially dangerous for the models involved. Since users can take photos and videos from the site, it’s easy for those users to reupload and re-share them elsewhere later on the web, depriving the platform’s users of revenue. While this may mean that OnlyFans hasn’t been breached, it shows that the platform’s distribution model has some security holes. Read: OnlyFans Model And Former Porn Star Broke Her Back During Twitch's Gaming Convention The photos and videos were then compiled into one large file for free. In other words, the leak might not be a hack after all, but a result of OnlyFans paying members who acquired the photos and videos individually, and then shared them with others.
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What Motherboard is trying to say is that, rather than a "real" data breach, the case is more like what happens to sex workers every day on the internet: someone has stolen their content and re-shared it for free to the web, spreading it around online through both social platforms and forums devoted to ripping the performers' paid content. Instead, it suggested that the content being shared in the links are mostly images and videos of the models made during public or private shows, or custom-made clips. When Motherboard stepped in, it reported that it hasn't seen any evidence that users or models' personal information were actually exposed. The loss of control over monetized content has the most obvious ramifications. The people who are affected the most, are the creators themselves, she implied. "This is illegal and a violation of our rights."Īnother performer on OnlyFans, said that leaks are actually common on adult platforms. "This is paid for private content that we own," one OnlyFans performer said. And worse, it doesn't seem like there is anything they can do about it.

With links to the massive directory were widely circulated on social media like Instagram and Twitter, as well as online forums like Reddit, OnlyFans' performers were concerned.īecause performers are allowed to monetize their content uploaded to OnlyFans, the breach means that the content creators may no longer profit from their work.
