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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?
(Score: 1, Troll) by archfeld on Monday July 20 2015, @06:44PM
The FBI and the NSA should hunt these FSCK'n douche nozzles down and exert some MAXIMUM justice on them. I'd say deportation to Russia if they are here in the US, or liquidation if they are else where. The time for coddling hackers and blackmailers like these guys has long gone by. How many registered users times $20 makes this an easy felony and it is interstate making it a federal case as well. There is NO ROOM for altruistic hackers in the world anymore, it is a crime and everyone knows it.
For the NSA : Explosives, guns, assassination, conspiracy, primers, detonators, initiators, main charge, nuclear charge
(Score: 5, Funny) by morgauxo on Monday July 20 2015, @07:03PM
Sounds like somebody has something to hide doesn't he?
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday July 20 2015, @07:24PM
They should be punished, because this is illegal. But, the people who will be hurt by this are people that are cheating on their spouses or are the other woman/man that are facilitating it. People that are in open relationships can use just about any dating site they like and generally disclose that fact in their profile when looking for a date.
People go to AM because they're looking to hook up with somebody that's cheating on their spouse or who are interested in cheating on their spouse.
The only people being hurt here are the people who didn't already know their spouse was cheating. I feel somewhat sorry for them, but they probably would have found out eventually anyways. At least this way they can hopefully avoid any further risk of infection.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @08:02PM
That all ignores the social stigma. Lots of people in open relationships can't advertise it too openly lest their community judge them harshly for it. And "get a new community" is not an option for normal people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @10:15PM
Mod parent up.
Seriously, a woman who is in a stable relationship and knows her spouse cheats may well be fine with it - so long as she doesn't have to overhear it at the grocery store. The problem here is one of marriages of convince being ripped apart. If that's a marriage that's produced children then it's the children who suffer but I'm sure some self-righteous twat on SN will be delighted.
There are many scenarios because every relationship is unique, so let's scream it out:
YOU DO NOT KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OTHER PEOPLES RELATIONSHIPS AND IT'S REALLY NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!
What is with some of the comments on this story?
(Score: 1) by Francis on Tuesday July 21 2015, @12:18AM
And you think those people are the market for AM? It's a site for people that are looking to cheat on their spouses. You can already create profiles that are pseudonymous on dating websites where the only thing that people can identify is the picture. You don't even have to post a picture if you don't want to.
AM's market is for people that are looking to cheat on their spouses, not people in an open relationship.
Also, this is the 21st century, open-marriages have been known about for at least 50 years in the US, and probably longer elsewhere. If you're living in a community like that, perhaps it's time to move somewhere that has people that are a bit less judgey about things that aren't their business.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @08:49PM
Are you talking about the website or the crackers?