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"A hacking group swiped mounds of data from Ashley Madison, the hookup service for adulterers, and is threating to leak users’ personal data..."

"The intruders, who call themselves 'The Impact Team,' claim to have completely compromised all of Ashley Madison’s records, stealing the information of 37 million affair-seeking subscribers."
The team immediately posted some of the pilfered records, which included users’ real names, contact information and financial data. The group —  furious that Ashley Madison’s promised full-delete function allegedly does not scrub data — threatened to release more sensitive records if its demands were not met....

“Full Delete netted ALM $1.7mm in revenue in 2014. It’s also a complete lie,” the hacking group wrote. “Users almost always pay with credit card; their purchase details are not removed as promised, and include real name and address, which is of course the most important information the users want removed.”

৪১টি মন্তব্য:

Birkel বলেছেন...

Can both sides lose?

Michael K বলেছেন...

Another good reason for virtue.

Ignorance is Bliss বলেছেন...

...and is threating to leak users’ personal data...

Crap.

Alexander বলেছেন...

Ashley Madison: bringing the public's attention to cyber security and the right to privacy when the NSA couldn't.

On the other hand, a website designed to help you have an affair lied to its customers. Who'da thunk it?

mikee বলেছেন...

37,000,000 subscribers? Wow.

I wonder what the proportion of males to females is. And if that is publicly acknowledged by the company.

JAORE বলেছেন...

The libertarian streak in me wants to feel outraged at this invasion of privacy, but it is overruled by my inner eighth grader who is giggling.

Paco Wové বলেছেন...

"The group — furious that Ashley Madison’s promised full-delete function allegedly does not scrub data — threatened to release more sensitive records"

Somehow I doubt the sincerity of their fury.

নামহীন বলেছেন...

I'm disappointed that the article doesn't say where the stolen data is posted. Bill Clinton's financials would make for interesting reading.

Matt Sablan বলেছেন...

So... I wonder which members of the hacker group are upset their data wasn't deleted.

Matt Sablan বলেছেন...

Paco: I don't doubt their sincerity. My theory is one of them has either been caught or is on the verge of being caught cheating, and is now engaged in Desperate Plan B.

Laslo Spatula বলেছেন...

A lot of wives of rich men will be seeing expensive jewelry in their immediate future.

I am Laslo.

Gahrie বলেছেন...

I'm with Birkel.

Known Unknown বলেছেন...

I've contemplated signing up to see if I could find anyone else I knew on there.

Not for potential blackmail purposes, but just because it would be interesting.

However, my wife would never understand that line of thinking.

Mike বলেছেন...

Actually, the people who should be scared her are Ashley Madison. If this info is leaked, people will find out 1) If their 37 million subscribers actually exist; 2) if there are any actual women on Ashley Madison.

mccullough বলেছেন...

90% of the subscribers are single men. This will be an epic blackmail failure

2yellowdogs বলেছেন...

What are the odds that Carlos Danger's deets are there?

Virgil Hilts বলেছেন...

Hard to believe that Ashley Madison would break the solemn vow implied in their full-delete function; but, if I were Ashley Madison and the hackers' were falsely claiming that I had broken this vow and cheated on my customers, I might have mentioned that the claim was false in my press release.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

I thought Ashley Madison was ice cream.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

The French subsitiary doesn't even bother concealing its membership. It runs as a bulletin board.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Maybe there's a female version where wives who don't want to put out can hook up with men who aren't interested either.

Meade বলেছেন...

The over-sharing economy.

Ignorance is Bliss বলেছেন...

rhhardin said...

I thought Ashley Madison was ice cream.

That's not gonna work with us, and it sure as hell won't work with your wife.

MaxedOutMama বলেছেন...

Ashley Madison cheated the cheaters???

glenn বলেছেন...

I think the divorce lawyers are behind the hack and leak. Just drumming up business.

holdfast বলেছেন...

Combine the data from this with the data from the OPM hack and any foreign intelligence outfit can pwn the CIA/FBI/NSA/DIA etc.

gerry বলেছেন...

A hacking group swiped mounds of data...

Ah, such sweet mounds...

Larry J বলেছেন...

Blogger Laslo Spatula said...

A lot of wives of rich men will be seeing expensive jewelry in their immediate future.


There may also be a lot of wives of rich men who wonder how well their pre-nups will hold up in court, especially if their names were on the list. Cheating is an equal opportunity sport.

Etienne বলেছেন...

I am distressed that no one knows how to create a database properly anymore.

I'm thinking of un-retiring and holding these peoples hands as they rake in the bucks.

Incidents like these, are fatal to a company. They have to know they need help.

Brando বলেছেন...

When they came for the adulterers I didn't complain because I was not an adulterer...

It seems now everything is getting hacked, and unless you are totally off-grid you aren't safe. I wonder how this will all end up.

Bill বলেছেন...

I wonder if the name Ashley Madison was market-tested and focus-grouped.

Come to think of it, it's a lot like Hillary Clinton.

clint বলেছেন...

I just read this -- The Stranger, by Harlen Coben.

Spoiler Alert: Doesn't end well for the hackers.

নামহীন বলেছেন...

You play, you pay.

নামহীন বলেছেন...

My medical records have already been stolen twice, once in an office hardware theft and once in a general sweep hack (similar to what the government does), so whatever.

I've noticed that cheaters can build up quit a head of outrage. I've always wondered how they manage the complete lack of self awareness or if it is just a kneejerk defense mechanism.

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York বলেছেন...

So their customers are going to finally get fucked? - Hat tip to a Reddit commenter.

Freeman Hunt বলেছেন...

Cheater to AshleyMadison.com: "But I trusted you!"

Birches বলেছেন...

The libertarian streak in me wants to feel outraged at this invasion of privacy, but it is overruled by my inner eighth grader who is giggling.

Yep. I now understand how "the Fappening" felt for most men.

Sam L. বলেছেন...

Cash cow rustled!

damikesc বলেছেন...

I noticed their new ad campaign of bringing life back to a marriage.

I'm honestly intrigued how they came up with THAT gem...

Bad Lieutenant বলেছেন...

Ask Laslo!

Gulistan বলেছেন...

I was just doing research!

Paul বলেছেন...

Hahahahaha... Ahahahahaha...

I hope they out them all. Every man, woman, transvestite... one of them.