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Porn site xHamster apparently hacked, leaks over 380,000 accounts to the public

Justin Luna — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 17:12:02 +0000

Hackers have reportedly compromised adult website xHamster, leaking almost half a million accounts to the public. The data was being traded publicly at the time a vulnerability was found on the site. Read more...

MPs considering blocking adult sites which don't add age verification

Paul Hill — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 02:10:01 +0000

British MPs are considering new amendments to the Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 which could see adult sites that don't implement age verification being blocked in the country. Read more...

UK government to build 'age verification systems' for adult content, sparks privacy concerns

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:36:01 +0000

If you are among those who think that Brexit is a bad idea, you might want to see what the UK government has in mind when it comes to the adult content that Britons are consuming online. Read more...

Almost 800,000 accounts from porn site Brazzers have been leaked to the public

Justin Luna — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 07:18:01 +0000

Porn site Brazzers has suffered a data leak, with almost 800,000 accounts being compromised and made available to the public. The issue reportedly happened because of a vulnerability in its forums. Read more...

NVIDIA video card bug exposes a student's porn habits

Justin Luna — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:58:02 +0000

While attempting to play Diablo III, a student has discovered a bug in NVIDIA video cards. The GPU refuses to erase the old memory from an old app, exposing what could be private information. Read more...

Porn industry upset at lack of Google support

Christopher White — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:08:01 +0000

The adult film industry is upset that Google refuses to work with them to help combat the rampant piracy of porn that plagues the Internet, while they happily work with more mainstream studios. Read more...

Schools and businesses buying up .xxx domain names

John Callaham — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:40:53 +0000

Web sites addresses with the .xxx domain went on sale to the public this week, but schools and businesses have been purchasing those names to avoid them being bought by the porn industry. Read more...

.xxx porn domain opens for business

Andy Weir — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:18:33 +0000

Over a decade after it was first proposed, the Internet's 'red light district' has finally opened its doors, with companies and individuals invited to bid on the first .xxx domain names from today. Read more...

.XXX added to root servers, nearly ready to go live

Piers Hausjell — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:30:56 +0000

Today the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) added the top level domain .xxx to the root nameservers in preparation for the full launch. A few domains are already resolving, such as SEX.xxx and XXX.xxx, with... Read more...

.xxx domains get ICANN approval

Byron Hinson — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:02:35 +0000

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given its final approval to create an Internet top-level domain specifically dedicated to pornography. According to the BBC, the decision ends 10 years of wrangling and... Read more...

Porn stars join religion in protest against .xxx domain

Alan Cone — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:31 +0000

Here is a sudden turn of events: porn stars are siding with those who are against the addition of the proposed .xxx top-level domain. In an effort to show their stance, the stars will be... Read more...

ICANN shoots down .xxx yet again

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:31:06 +0000

It looks as if the board of ICANN has quickly brought the revival of the .xxx domain idea to a standstill: in a meeting in Lisbon, the board voted down ICM Registry's proposal, 9 to... Read more...

US Government Sued Over .xxx Domain Rejection

Mon, 22 May 2006 19:52:11 +0000

The recent rejection of a dedicated .xxx domain for porn sites has prompted the company behind the plan, ICM Registry, to launch a legal attack against the US Department of Commerce. ICM claims that the... Read more...

ICANN Chokes off .xxx Porn Registry

Thu, 11 May 2006 15:18:56 +0000

Plans for an area of the internet dedicated to pornography were killed last night in a vote by overseeing organization ICANN. In a split 9-5 board decision, the organization acted ruthlessly, against its own previous... Read more...

.xxx given green light

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:29:10 +0000

ICann has given the go-ahead to plans for what has been described as a "virtual red-light district", with the creation of a .xxx TLD. Negotiations are to begin with ICM Registry Inc, which will run... Read more...