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posted by cmn32480 on Monday July 20 2015, @05:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the cheaters-never-prosper dept.

KrebsonSecurity is reporting that the online "cheating" site AshleyMadison.com (and other sites run by the Avid Life Media group) has been hacked with user information compromised by a group called the Impact Team.

The group is threatening to release all data online as a result of alleged lies the ALM group told members unless the sites are entirely shut down.

"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."

AshleyMadison.com does offer a $20 "Full Delete" option for a users profile, as detailed in this ArsTechnica article from 2014. Obviously, this "Full Delete" is now useless, as the information is already (allegedly) in the hands of the hackers.

Is this a case of altruistic hacking or a possible case of revenge?


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday July 20 2015, @06:43PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday July 20 2015, @06:43PM (#211505)

    That, plus the rule "nothing ever gets deleted on the Internet."

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  • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Monday July 20 2015, @07:57PM

    by mtrycz (60) on Monday July 20 2015, @07:57PM (#211545)

    ...even if you pay 19$ for it.

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