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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: 2) by vux984 on Tuesday July 21 2015, @08:09AM
i really don't get the misdirected rage that occurs when a parter cheats - your partner is the one who betrayed your trust and lied to you, your partner is the one who fucked you over, so why is the rage never directed at the partner and always instead at the other person, the one who doesn't owe you any loyalty or trust?
WTF!!!
What on earth makes you think its an 'either or' situation? WTF makes you think the rage is "never directed at the partner"? Cheating destroys relationships all the time, partners get tossed out, their belongings get destroyed, and they even get physically attacked over it all the time...in other words "rage is directed at the cheating partner" ALL THE TIME. Your assertion is patently absurd.
But there's plenty more rage to go around. For example the 'other person' knew what they were doing; they certainly don't get a free pass just because they don't owe me trust or loyalty; they knew they were participating in screwing me over even if they don't know me. We're not going to be friends after that... to say the least.
And a dating site like ashley madison? they want to make money out of creating a forum for people to screw their partner over, fuck em, there's going to be PLENTY of rage to spare when the partners that get fucked over find out to send rage some their way too.
People say monogamy is changing, open relationships are fine... whatever. That's not for me, but if you have that, that's fine. Its not actually cheating or a betrayal of trust if all partners are consenting to it after all. And those people don't need a site like ashley madison, because they don't need to hide it from their partners.
The only people who need ashley madison are those looking to screw someone over. Fuck them, Fuck the site, and Fuck everyone involved with it. Cleanse it with fire.