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London, Apr 1 (ANI): A Porn Wikileaks site has enraged the adult industry by revealing the real identity of porn stars.

The website published a leaked database containing the real names, dates of birth, and official nicknames of more than 15,000 of the adult industry’s past and present performers.

Most of the information is likely to have come from computer files that originally belonged to the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation [AIM], an STD-testing facility based in the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles, which caters to the 1,500 working erotic film actors based in the region at any one time.

Under guidelines that are supposed to minimise the spread of HIV and other venereal diseases - in an industry that does not always insist on condom use except in titles aimed at the gay market - all pornographic actors are supposed to be tested at the clinic once a month.

Producers and directors are then able to access the database it holds, before casting their movies.

The information published by Porn Wikileaks was first uploaded several weeks ago but only began being widely disseminated on March 31, after its existence was highlighted by Mike South, a blogger who covers adult entertainment issues.

“Your information is now in the hands of people who shouldn’t have it,” the Independent quoted him as warning his readers in the trade.

Although the leaked database does not include private medical information or test results, it includes names, addresses and copies of identification documents of everyone who has registered at AIM.

In some cases, it also includes Google Maps photos of their homes. The site will therefore effectively “out” anyone who has worked as an erotic actor since the clinic opened in 1998.

The site is registered in the Netherlands, apparently by a disgruntled member of the “porn press”, and describes the purpose of its existence as being a “media organisation” devoted to making the industry more transparent. (ANI)