If your information was part of the hacking Ashley Madison, chances are your problems, not only covering the risk to your credit card.
The site, which is promoted as ideal for those seeking an affair service, know your physical and sexual preferences and store your private messages and your photos. All these data are now public.
Every day new sites you can search and retrieve this information easily stolen, according to security expert, Troy Hunt arise.
Read: Ashley Madison users suffer extortion
Hunt directs the site Have I Been pawned , which helps people to see if your account was compromised after a security violation.
Hunt said that as the hackers published more than 10 gigabytes of data Ashley Madison last week, he has received hundreds of emails in asking what can be found, what does not and what should be done.
These are their tips:
Talk to your spouse and do not lie
First things first. You tell your spouse why you were on the site if it was a joke or if you were a member when you were single.
If you signed up to have a romance, do not hide.
“At this point not try to spin a web of lies,” Hunt said. “It will be worse because, unfortunately, the evidence is in sight.”
Think how exposed you
The next thing is to think about who else might be looking for and how you should handle the situation.
For example: your employment contract has a morality clause, which could cause you fired?
If you brindas community service or volunteer work in your church, the relationship with Ashley Madison affect your membership?
Be prepared to explain your situation and repeat, be upfront about everything.
Read: The ‘fine print’ Ashley Madison saved after hacking
Ignore the extortionists and review your security settings
The extortionists can find the relationship between your email and your Facebook or LinkedIn. They may threaten to reveal your relationship with Ashley Madison to people you know, but Hunt says these extortionists lack “of something of value that is not already in the public domain”.
“You can ignore them without worry,” he told CNNMoney.
While this is true, Hunt said the relationship with Ahsley Madison your identity can be quite harmful in itself.
Adjust your privacy settings on social networking sites so that nobody can identify friends or family or share your personal information with them.
Think about using a new email account
If you used your real email in place, should think about creating a new job if you’re looking for … or taking appointments.
Doing so will limit the risk of your information Ashley Madison when reviewing your record appears.
Beware of online scams
It is likely that you feel attracted to click on links to malware that advertised as the basis of stolen data, so do not.
“We have always seen this pattern: a major international event occurs (such as the recent accidents Malaysia Airlines) and immediately see that there are several nefarious types who try to take economic advantage of the pain of the victims or curious onlookers, “Hunt wrote in his blog on Monday 24 August.
Understand what is at stake
On your site, Hunt included a list of all information that could be at risk: names and addresses ; emails; birthdate; sex; race; payment history, including partial information of credit cards; phone numbers; security questions; sexual preferences; usernames and passwords, and activity on the site, such as photos and messages.
Hunt analyzing data going back to 2002.
You agree that the data are visible
found focus on damage control because now there is no way that the data disappear from the network.
“The exhibition is irreversible,” says on its website.
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