Ashley Madison is a social network adult, που αποζητούν “ιδιαίτερες” σχέσεις με διακριτικότητα. Όπως φαίνεται όμως ένα άτομο ή ομάδα hackers κατάφεραν να αποσπάσουν προσωπικά δεδομένα των χρηστών του “πονηρού” κοινωνικού δικτύου, σύμφωνα με τον ερευνητή ασφαλείας Brian Krebs.
From the site, which claims to have over 37 millions of users, and Krebs reports some very interesting details.
An individual or group of hackers calling themselves The Impact Team claimed responsibility for the attack. In a manifesto they published along with the stolen data, they said they decided to release the user details in response to the lies of Avid Life Media (ALM is the company that owns the Ashley Madison social network) charging its customers $19 for the full deletion their profiles.
The Impact Team stated that the "complete delete" feature does not actually delete user profiles, as advertised by the company. ALM from this feature alone reportedly earned around $ 1,7 million last year.
The team said:
Users almost always pay by credit card and the details of their purchases are not deleted, as promised by the company. The information includes the real name and address, which is certainly the most important information that users want to delete.
ALM CEO Noel Biderman said the company was investigating the incident and added that it believed the hack came from someone who had access to networks their.
"We apologize for the unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information."
