Founded in 2004 The name "Brazzers" was a humorous mispronunciation of the word "brothers" in a Middle Eastern accent. In December 2012, Thylmann was extradited from Belgium to Germany on suspicion of
tax evasion. In October 2013, Thylmann sold Manwin's assets, including Brazzers, to an internal management group,
MindGeek. In August 2014, Brazzers celebrated its 10th anniversary with a billboard in
Times Square in
New York City, at the corner of 47th Street and 7th Avenue. It was viewable for the entire month. In 2010, Brazzers had used a Times Square billboard to promote its
safe sex campaign and announce its "Get Rubber!" slogan and website. In September 2016, the data breach monitoring website Vigilante.pw alerted the media to a database breach at Brazzers that affected almost 1 million users after the site was hacked in April 2013. == Operations ==