“ Life is short. Have an adventure “. With this sentence the Ashley Madison dating site had attracted more than 37 million registered users and “anonymous”. Strict anonymity was his best introduction. Until now. This site has been hacked. The author of the attack claims to have data for all users, and has already begun to leak information.
According to the blog specializes in security KrebsOnSecurity , who first reported the attack, hackers claim to have stolen data from over 37 million Ashley Madison users, including names, financial data and other information. Some of these data have begun to appear online, as evidence of the attack, but since then are no longer accessible. The group of hackers (or hacker, is still unknown if only one person or more) autodenonima “ The Impact Team “, and has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Avid Life Media servers (ALM) based on Torono, Canada, and owner of the AshleyMadison.com and other related sites like Cougar Life and Established Men . ALM CEO Noel Biderman, KrebsOnSecurity has confirmed that indeed it is the theft of information. The company says it is working to “protect their intellectual property.”
In a statement (underside), attackers have demanded the immediate closure of Ashley Madison and Established Men . Otherwise, they say, they publish all data on more than 37 million subscribers. That is, the identity and information adulterers 37 million disclosed in full. In the statement, the hacker or hackers of The Impact Team says have decided to carry out the attack in response to the lies of ALM customers for a service that offers completely remove the user profiles by $ 19 but that apparently does not completely.
From the leaked information initially online, as well as part of member data page also featured details about the structure of internal company servers, data internal employees or information on wages and bank accounts of ALM key. That is, they have come into the kitchen. And the first suspicions are that may have had help from someone inside the company to achieve such theft.
(In progress …)
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