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: 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.