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Multiple reports suggest that Impact Team has leaked around 9.6 to 10 gigabytes of data from the "cheating/affair website" Ashley Madison onto Tor sites (now available via BitTorrent). According to Ars Technica:
A 10-gigabyte file purportedly containing e-mails, member profiles, credit-card transactions and other sensitive Ashley Madison information became available as a BitTorrent download in the past few hours. Ars downloaded the massive file and it appeared to contain a trove of details taken from a clandestine dating site, but so far there is nothing definitively linking it to Ashley Madison. User data included e-mail addresses, profile descriptions, addresses provided by users, weight, and height. A separate file containing credit card transaction data didn't include full payment card numbers or billing addresses.
Rob Graham, CEO of Errata Security, said the dump also included user passwords that were cryptographically protected using the bcrypt hashing algorithm. That's among the most secure ways to store passwords, because bcrypt is extremely slow, a trait that requires crackers to devote vast amounts of time and computing resources. Still, it's highly likely a large percentage of the hashes will be cracked, given rampant use of weak passwords.
Ashley Madison officials have stopped short of confirming the published information was extracted from the breach.
"We have now learned that the individual or individuals responsible for this attack claim to have released more of the stolen data," they wrote in an e-mail to Ars. "We are actively monitoring and investigating this situation to determine the validity of any information posted online and will continue to devote significant resources to this effort. Furthermore, we will continue to put forth substantial efforts into removing any information unlawfully released to the public, as well as continuing to operate our business."
Previously: Adult 'Extracurricular Activity' Website AshleyMadison.com Hacked
(Score: 2) by gnuman on Wednesday August 19 2015, @03:22AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage [wikipedia.org]
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws
(Score: 4, Interesting) by CirclesInSand on Wednesday August 19 2015, @06:20AM
If some authoritarians got all kinds of laws passed saying "You are allowed to have sex on Thursdays and Fridays, but no other day. And you get a tax break for having no sex for a week. And you are only allowed to have sex in certain ways." That doesn't make sex a legal institution, it just makes everyone who considers it a legal institution an asshole.
Similarly for marriage, imposing a disgusting amount of legal codes around marriage doesn't make it a legal contract, it just makes the supporters of this assholes. If all the lawyers, legislators, and police in the world died, many of us wouldn't consider that marriage has changed at all. For those who do, I really pity you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @06:37AM
When have there not been legal codes around marriage? Sometime pre-Old Testament, I guess?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @10:41AM
If you want the state to recognize you're married, there are certain procedures you must follow. If you want some personal marriage, you're to get it. Why can't there be both?
But frankly, all of the legal benefits you get with marriage shouldn't be limited to marriage.
If all the lawyers, legislators, and police in the world died, many of us wouldn't consider that marriage has changed at all.
It wouldn't change for me either. It would remain as some worthless social ritual that I'll never participate in.