Το Ashley Madison, είναι ένα κοινωνικό δίκτυο ενηλίκων, 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 it 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 to completely delete their profile.
The Impact Team stated that the feature "full delete" 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 with credit card and details of their purchases are not deleted, as the company promises. The information includes real name and address, which is certainly the most important information that users want deleted.
ALM CEO Noel Biderman said the company was investigating the incident and added that it believed the hack came from someone who had access in their networks.
"We apologize for the unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information."
