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HACKERS HAVE RELEASED stolen information from some 32 million users of the affair website Ashley Madison, tech magazine Wired reported.
The data dump yesterday on what Wired described as the “dark web” included millions of payment transactions, email addresses and phone numbers of people who were registered on the dating site.
The release comes about a month after the data was stolen by hackers identified as the “Impact Team” who allegedly tried to shut the site for cheaters down “immediately permanently.”
Threats
WIRED / TwitterHackers have finally posted that stolen Ashley Madison data http://t.co/IwIJ1P0rox
— WIRED (@WIRED) August 18, 2015
The group threatened to release customers records, nude pictures and conversations if the site wasn’t closed.
Ashley Madison’s website is known for its slogan “Life is short. Have an affair.” It helps connect people seeking to have an extramarital relationship and is owned by company Avid Life Media.
The hacker team appeared to follow through on its threat with a 9.7 gigabyte dump, Wired reported.
“We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM (Avid Life Media) and their members. Now everyone gets to see their data,” the group reportedly wrote in its data dump Tuesday.
“I’m looking for someone who isn’t happy at home or just bored and looking for some excitement,” said one user in the data, Wired reported, while noting some 15,000 users in the data included government or military email addresses.
Avid Life Media, based in Toronto, Canada, condemned the initial hack calling it a “criminal intrusion.”
The company spoke out again saying the release of data was an illegal action against the members of the website, Wired reported.
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You would think after all the wars and bloddy conflict we have had over last 120 years, this either would have been sorted out by now or governments would be terrified of the cost in lives or money, one big peeing contest.
@Valentine Kane: where have u been living, europe and the world is more at peace since ww2 than any period in history… war is part of our history and unfortunately our future. Its the type of war thats its the trouble…
Russia has had a huge win without needing to fire a shot. America has accepted Russia’s ‘ Red Lines’. Ukraine will not be joining NATO (which will do what America tells it to do) and has been instructed by the US to engage with the Minsk II Accords in order to resolve the Donbass issue.
So it is,
Russia 1. Neo Cons 0.
@Des Hanrahan: I must have missed that press release. Oh yeah, you just made it up.
@Eoin Roche: Everything I stated is correct . If you had bothered to do even cursory research you would know that .
My mistake it’s Ukraine is not in NATO apologies, time for another coffee I think
I’m confused this article states that the US was a founding member of NATO but later says the US is not a member of NATO, which is it?
Ukraine will not be allowed join NATO as it will put them at the doorstep of Russia. Unfortunate location they find themselves in.
Better brush up on my russian ,Ich bin EIN Berliner ,i think I’ll be starting from scratch ha
The weather in the next 4 weeks will be critical in determining an invasion – hopefully, it won’t freeze over and open a window for the perkies to attack
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