They put their threat. The pirates who had stolen a month ago customers personal data of Ashley Madison site come from adultery publish them online, reports the specialized site Wired . The group, calling itself “The Impact Team”, warned in July that he would disseminate client files if the site was not closed.
The site ashleymadison.com, whose slogan is “Life is short. Try adventure”, which has over 37 million users, specializes in extramarital encounters. Users from 46 countries are registered on the site, created in 2001. On its homepage, the service itself as “the global leader in discreet extramarital dating.”
In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, so these are 9.7 GB of data that has been posted on the web dark. Besides details on banking transactions, they include the names, addresses and phone numbers submitted by members. Note that we do not know if this information is real, é as long as the site does not check e-mail addresses. Any false email has been used, like the one seems to belong to the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair .
The company specialist in cyber CybelAngel notes that nearly 260,000 French email addresses (ending in .com) are found in the database, of which thirty State (ending .gouv.fr).
The data also include descriptions of what users are looking for. As noted in “Wired” , one can find sentences like:
I am looking for someone who is not happily married or who is bored and seeking a thrill “
Or.
I love it when they call me and they tell me that I have 15 minutes to go somewhere where I will be greeted with a surprise – Perhaps lingerie, nudity. I like delight and be delighted … “
A reaction to the right system to oblivion
Following the hacking, The Impact Team had demanded the Canadian company Avid Life Media (ALM), owner of Ashley Madison, that the site closes. Hackers also targeted another possession of the group, establishedmen.com, which encourages “interesting” men maintain women “young and beautiful”. However, cougarlife.com, the third site of the group, which links women and younger men, was not mentioned.
If The Impact Team in According to Ashley Madison Established Men is not only because of morals encouraged by these sites, but also in response to the legal system to pay oblivion established by AshleyMadison.com. For $ 19, the website promises to remove the site’s personal data. According to The Impact Team, the company kept in reality this information on its servers.
In any case, ALM ignored the threats of hackers and let his two sites online after hackers, promising customers to have enhanced security.
“Time is up,” said Tuesday The Impact Team. “ We explained fraud, deception and stupidity of ATM and its member Now everyone can see their data ….” The group seems particularly reassembled:
Keep in mind that the site is a scam with thousands of fake female profiles. Remember the trial that took Ashley Madison on fake profiles: 90-95% of the members are actually men. There are chances that your man will be put on the biggest adulterers links site of the world but has never had an affair. He just tried. This distinction matters. “
ALM condemned the publication of the data.” This event is criminal. This is an illegal action against members of AshleyMadison.com and against all those open-minded who choose to engage in perfectly legal activities online, “argued the company in a statement .
The criminal or criminals involved in this case have established as moral judge, jury and executioner, deeming it appropriate to impose a personal notion of virtue to the whole of society. “
The company ensures that the investigation is continuing with the FBI, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the police of Ontario and Toronto.
Amandine Schmitt
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