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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) 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.