Usernames, passwords and email addresses for more than 380,000 xHamster accounts are for sale on the Darknet. The breach brings to more than 500 million the number of porn-site user accounts compromised this year. xHamster claims to have 12 million registered users, so the...

SAN FRANCISCO – It’s a classic case of “what we said is not what we meant.” Seneca Insurance Company Inc. has sued Peter Acworth’s Cybernet Entertainment LLC and Kink Studios LLC in California federal district court, claiming the insurer’s omission of exclusionary declarations...

NEW YORK – President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday nominated Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-Ala.] to serve as attorney general of the U.S., giving clues as to the direction the Department of Justice may take during the Trump administration. Sessions, who endorsed Trump’s candidacy early...

President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory on Nov. 8 may be only the beginning of a series of surprises for the U.S., and particularly for the adult entertainment industry. Then again, the industry may be able to look forward to another four years of relative peace, at least...

AUSTIN, Texas – From hats to hair to attitudes, everything’s bigger in Texas. YNOT Party Austin (YP), taking place Nov. 14-17 deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, will demonstrate the fun is big, too. “The schedule is jam-packed,” said YNOT co-owner Jay Kopita. “In addition...

LONDON – Under the familiar guise of “protecting children,” the U.K. government is considering a requirement that all adults who wish to view porn online acquire what the British media are calling a “pornography ID number.” Parliament’s 2016 Digital Economy Bill redefines...

CYBERSPACE – An alt-right troll has taken credit for a Thursday attack on Wikipedia that left presidential candidate Hillary’s Clinton’s page and the page of her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, plastered with pornography and a message supporting the candidacy of...

LONDON – In an attempt to bring foreign adult websites to heel under the U.K.’s age-verification rules, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) may sanction billing companies and other entities that provide services to sites the organization finds not in compliance. The...

DALLAS – Acting on a California warrant, Texas authorities on Thursday raided the Dallas headquarters of classified ads website Backpage.com and arrested its chief executive officer. The warrant accuses Carl Ferrer, the 55-year-old who co-founded Backpage in 2004, of knowingly...

UPDATE, Oct. 20, 2016: According to a PacNet executive who requested anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, the company remains in operation. PacNet continues to be unable to conduct business with U.S. entities, but the executive said all obligations will be fulfilled....