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: 2) by tathra on Monday July 20 2015, @08:42PM
adultery is still illegal [wikipedia.org] in many US states. marriage is a contract, after all, and enforcing contracts is one of the responsibilities of government, otherwise there's no point to them.
(Score: 5, Informative) by takyon on Monday July 20 2015, @08:59PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/11/15/adultery-still-crime-states-including-mass/KiIPGRcFnAeT4CGmenFTKM/story.html [bostonglobe.com]
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c015.php [scstatehouse.gov]
Oral sex is also a felony in South Carolina.
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(Score: 1) by redbear762 on Monday July 20 2015, @09:55PM
Patraeus's career hasn't been harmed in any significant way except for a major black eye and known as a cheating asshole to just about everyone; hehas been called back to serve as a de facto consultant against ISIS.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday July 20 2015, @10:25PM
His career looked a lot worse back in 2012, when that article was written, and in early 2013 [wikipedia.org], when he took a visiting professor position at City University of New York for a $1 salary after the proposed $200,000 salary was slammed.
Since joining KKR Global Institute in May 2013 and getting the slap-on-the-wrist plea deal in March 2015, he has done very well for himself.
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(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @10:36PM
Most people know better than to seek legal counsel on their marriages from a newspaper article.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday July 20 2015, @10:45PM
Most people are not prosecuted for committing adultery or engaging in oral sex.
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(Score: 1) by Nollij on Wednesday July 22 2015, @05:14AM
IANAL, but I suspect Lawrence v. Texas invalidated those laws.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by hash14 on Monday July 20 2015, @10:53PM
This just goes to show how stupid moral laws are.
Do you honestly expect politicians to go on the public record for fair treatment of activities like adultery? They're certainly not worthy of felonies and prison sentences - but they are taboo, and no one wants to be seen doing anything to condone it, hence, they will never be repealed.
How about this for a rule: any law that hasn't been enforced in the previous 10 years must be explicitly renewed to stay enforceable. It might take a bit of creativity to enforce, but this mechanism definitely worked to its intended effect for the US surveillance laws.
(Score: 2) by penguinoid on Tuesday July 21 2015, @07:35AM
Maybe all laws, other than the Constitution, should go up for review every so often. If nothing else, that way politicians don't have to make the same thing illegal again just to show they oppose it. And they also can't bury their support for laws by going "oh well it passed nothing to be done about it anymore".
RIP Slashdot. Killed by greedy bastards.
(Score: 2) by Justin Case on Wednesday July 22 2015, @12:51AM
> any law must be explicitly renewed every 10 years
FTFY