Hackers Threaten to Expose 37 Million Cheating AshleyMadison Users

http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/massachusetts-man-exposed-in-ashley-madison-hack/

The odds were 37 million to 1, but a Massachusetts man is the first unlucky person to be publicly identified in connection with the recent hack on the popular online adultery site Ashley Madison, whose slogan is, “Life is short. Have an affair.”

According to the Enterprise in Brockton, Massachusetts, the local resident’s name, profile ID, home address, email address and a “list of fantasies” were included in a manifesto message as an example of the information hackers had learned.

The information revealed is “intensely personal.”

“I have only two personal interests on this site,” the man’s profile reads. “Making sure that you are comfortable with me should I be so fortunate to hold your attention and making sure I take the role of discretion to an artform. I mean isn’t this why we are here, to be as discreet as possible?”


WBZ-TV in Boston reports, “Among the data released about the Brockton client of Ashley Madison: His user ID is ‘Heavy73′; he listed himself as ‘married/attached’; he joined the site the day after Valentine’s Day, 2014; he likes ‘cuddling & hugging’ and is into ‘discretion & secrecy.’”
According to Krebs, the hackers were identified as “The Impact Team,” and posted large caches of data from the adultery site, claiming to have compromised user databases, financial records and other information.

Information on another person from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, was also made public in the manifesto.

Christian evangelist Franklin Graham posted a message on his Facebook page about the matter Wednesday afternoon, stating:

The Bible says, “be sure your sin will find you out.” Ashley Madison, the website for people who want to cheat on their spouses was hacked this weekend. Their slogan is: “Life is short. Have an affair.” Hackers threatened to reveal personal data related to 37 million users. I have news for all those worried cheaters out there wringing their hands—God already knew! His holy Word says, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13). Times may have changed, but God’s laws and standards never change—all sin has a price. The New York Daily News calls this an “‪#‎adultery‬ website.” Isn’t it a shame that immorality is such big business?

The security breach at Ashley Madison – which even Wednesday was boasting “Over 37,890,000 anonymous members!” – was first reported late Sunday by Brian Krebs of KrebsonSecurity, a website focusing on cyber security.

AshleyMadison.com also features on its homepage claims that it’s “the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters,” and displays icons proclaiming “Trusted Security Award,” “100% Discreet Service” and “SSL Secure Site.”

“The Impact Team” accuses Toronto-based Avid Life Media Inc., which oversees the site, of lying to its customers about a $19 service that would purportedly scrub all of their personal data from its databases, claiming the information doesn’t actually go away, Krebs noted. The hack was intended to eventually get the affair site shut down.

A Boston-based attorney and partner in the media group Prince Lobel now says Ashley Madison may be open to legal action from the Massachusetts man and possibly others depending on the website’s terms of use and privacy policy.

“You can imagine somebody that may have their life coming down around them with a possible divorce or public ridicule. It’s not farfetched to think that there could be some kind of lawsuit filed,” Peter Caruso Jr. told the Enterprise.

Caruso said no one should assume their information is safe despite an online company’s claims of discretion and privacy.

“For any consumer to believe that their information is 100 percent protected and not subject to a data breach is crazy,” Caruso told the paper. “There is a reasonable expectation of privacy, but if you think your information is completely safe you’re living in a false world."
 
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They're actually stupid enough to not cease operations? They're going to get sued so hard :rofl:



His user ID is ‘Heavy73′; he listed himself as ‘married/attached’; he joined the site the day after Valentine’s Day, 2014; he likes ‘cuddling & hugging’ and is into ‘discretion & secrecy.’”

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They're actually stupid enough to not cease operations? They're going to get sued so hard :rofl:
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Online subscription companies only care about 1 thing and that's new subscriptions and reoccurring transactions. Once this happen they lost millions of reoccurring transactions but got millions of hits and traffic possibly a good amount of sign up for people who really don't care about getting caught. So their logic is let's make as much money before the ship sinks. Little do people know but ******** got caught a few times with HUGE legal issues and have remained running through legal troubles. Once they are sued they will file chapter 11 and keep it moving.
 
I hate Dan Savage (for the most part), but he brought up a really good point about Ashley Madison. We all like to live in this fantasy land where relationships are cut and dried. That's just not how the world works. We don't know the relationship status of 40 million Ashley Madison users. They could be in open relationships, and AM is a convenient way to explore that. There are countless reasons for someone to use AM, including fake personas just to create the illusion that someone is in a relationship. This hack is very, very damaging because it's outing personal information, while not actually harming any relationships.

I'm not saying this applies to all users, but there is a crap ton of grey area here, and the hackers don't care about personal privacy.
 
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I hate Dan Savage (for the most part), but he brought up a really good point about Ashley Madison. We all like to live in this fantasy land where relationships are cut and dried. That's just not how the world works. We don't know the relationship status of 40 million Ashley Madison users. They could be in open relationships, and AM is a convenient way to explore that. There are countless reasons for someone to use AM, including fake personas just to create the illusion that someone is in a relationship. This hack is very, very damaging because it's outing personal information, while not actually harming any relationships.

I'm not saying this applies to all users, but there is a crap ton of grey area here, and the hackers don't care about personal privacy.


Doesn't make it right just because of what the website is.

All of this.
 
i signed up once with a fake profile, seems like a lot of "fake" profiles
so, what was the reason for hacking the site? what were the hackers motive? havent been following this too much
 
90-95% males I could of guessed that too, but hey divorce lawyers will be making a killing in the next few months
 
Marketing ploy by AM to get more traffic and more eyes on their business. Its all FAKE, even the "hackers".

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Marketing ploy by AM to get more traffic and more eyes on their business. Its all FAKE, even the "hackers".

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This is terrible publicity for Ashley Madison, this website promised to delete account info if a user paid to do so, when they really didn't. Their rep went down the garbage for a site that claims to be safe and secure.
I bet one of the hackers used to work for the site though. This reeks of sabotage.
 
going through the email list and i dont see how you can sign up with your real email.
some of these guys in high positions thinking with their wrong head :lol:
the vatican and UN getting down as well
 
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