Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company’s user databases, financial records and other proprietary information. The still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37 million users of the hookup service, whose slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair.”
In a long manifesto posted alongside the stolen ALM data, The Impact Team said it decided to publish the information in response to alleged lies ALM told its customers about a service that allows members to completely erase their profile information for a $19 fee.
“Too bad for those men, they’re cheating dirtbags and deserve no such discretion,” the hackers continued. “Too bad for ALM, you promised secrecy but didn’t deliver. We’ve got the complete set of profiles in our DB dumps, and we’ll release them soon if Ashley Madison stays online. And with over 37 million members, mostly from the US and Canada, a significant percentage of the population is about to have a very bad day, including many rich and powerful people.”
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/
On the heels of the Ashley Madison data leak, unsuspecting folks who plan to go online to meet that someone special this week are at risk again.
A new malvertising attack has been detected by Malwarebytes researchers, affecting the popular dating site PlentyofFish, which draws over 3 million daily users.
Those infected are receiving the Nuclear exploit kit, which can drop all sorts of attacks (such as banking Trojans) onto users’ machines. Thousands are likely infected.
https://www.thestar.com
John McAfee thinks he knows who hacked Ashley Madison.
In an article for the International Business Times, the eccentric creator of McAfee antivirus software alleges that the extramarital relationship website was breached by a “lone female who worked for Avid Life Media.”
Last month, a group calling itself the Impact Team leaked private data of more than 30 million users along with internal company documents and emails.
http://www.independent.co.uk/
Two people have reportedly taken their own lives as a result of the hack and police have seen an increase in attempts by criminals to blackmail people on the list.
And, according to the source, the security services around the world would be doing much the same – only with the aim of obtaining intelligence, rather than money.
“We have been looking at it to see if our people are vulnerable,” the insider said.
“But there are also people looking at it to see how it can be used.
“Some countries will be looking at it for blackmail.”
An analysis of the data by the editor-in-chief of technology website Gizmodo, Annalee Newitz, found that an estimated three out of every 10,000 Ashley Madison members were actually real women.
https://venturebeat.com
One way or another, Ashley Madison users will have their day in court. However, whatever recompense they’re ultimately offered will probably not add up to their losses. Money can’t make up for the emotional effects of divorce or even greater losses that have occurred as a result of the hack.
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