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Ashley Madison infidelity site's customer data stolen
  • 20 July 2015
  • From the section Technology
  • 210 comments
 

Customer data has been stolen from Ashley Madison, a dating website for married people who wish to cheat on their spouse.

The hackers said they had obtained information including "all the customers' secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions".

The site's operator confirmed there had been an "intrusion" but not its extent.

One security expert said a small percentage of the site's user account data had been published online.

The hackers, who called themselves the Impact Team, said they had managed to steal the real names and addresses of the site's users, including those who had previously paid to "delete" their accounts.

Security researcher Brian Krebs said the hackers had published a small percentage of user account data and planned to post more until the website closed.

Ashley Madison told the BBC that it would allow people to delete their profile from the site for free with immediate effect.

The company had previously charged $19 (£12) for a "full delete".

The hackers alleged that service was a "complete lie" because some personal information was kept even after a customer had paid for it to be removed.

Media caption Cyber security lecturer Dr Daniel Dresner said the attack could be an 'inside job'

Ashley Madison said: "The 'paid-delete' option removes all information related to a member's profile and communications activity."

'Criminal intrusion'

Ashley Madison says it operates in more than 50 countries and has 37 million users, more than a million of whom live in the UK.

It promotes its service with the tagline, "Life is short, have an affair."

The website is owned by Canada-based Avid Life Media.

Avid Life Media said in a statement: "We apologise for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information.

"We have been able to secure our sites, and close the unauthorised access points.

"Any and all parties responsible for this act of cyber-terrorism will be held responsible."

In May, casual dating website Adult Friend Finder was also hacked. Thousands of its customer records were leaked online.

 

Can't help but think that you have to be abit of a c**t to sign up to a site like this, so I find it pretty amusing. I wonder if there are any increasingly nervous Foxestalkers today. lol

Jimothy

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Can't help but think that you have to be abit of a c**t to sign up to a site like this, so I find it pretty amusing. I wonder if there are any increasingly nervous Foxestalkers today. lol

 

Nope..... :sweating:

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MC Prussian

MC Prussian

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The German office that tracks down former Nazi agitators is hardly ever unable to present news or facts about the where... abouts of previous high-ranking NSDAP party members and has now come under extensive scrutiny.

 

The members of said anti-Nazi office, established in 1958, are rumoured to spend more time on the beaches of South America than actually going after their real job.

Most likely because most of their still remaining potential targets... are already dead.

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Wymsey

Wymsey

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Don't know why the public can't just let the relevant authorities undertake this search in the area it's apparently located.

 

Hate it when people try and find it themselves, for all the personal fame etc.

Webbo

Webbo

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Don't know why the public can't just let the relevant authorities undertake this search in the area it's apparently located.

 

Hate it when people try and find it themselves, for all the personal fame etc.

And 10% of the value.

Sir Fynwy

Sir Fynwy

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Not sure if interesting is the right word for this, but I'm struggling to comprehend this story that popped up on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34133723

 

Why would you make a kids toy hamster and base it on an anchorwoman for that TV all kids love, the news?  I'm so confused.

She works for Fox so is allowed to get stuff totally wrong but filing a claim saying that toy looks like her probably means she needs glasses as well.

Jattdogg

Jattdogg

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Former tennis ace James Blake being mistaken for a suspect in a fraud case and then "gently tackled" and arrested by a NYPD officer:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34226016

Excessive force. Cop should be fired you cant just run up to anyone and do that. Excuses will be that oh he could have been armed and dangerous blah blah. Cop fuked up and now needs to be fired to set an example that you just cant act that way (cop or not).

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