India, Dec. 18 -- 'ShinyHunters', the hacking group, said on Tuesday that it had stolen data of premium customers of Pornhub, and threatened to publish it. The world's leading sex website, earlier this month, released their year-in-review, based on search data on the site.

The news of the hack was confirmed by Reuters who couldn't establish the scope, scale, or details of the breach. However, the hackers provided a sample of their data which was authenticated by the agency.

At least three former Pornhub customers, two from Canada and one from the US, confirmed that their data was authentic but many years old.

Given the sensitivity of the matter, here's all you need to know about the hacking group, 'ShinyHunters'.

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