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 privacy 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.
A person or group of hackers who call themselves The Impact Team took charge of the attack. In a manifesto that they published along with stolen data, they said they decided to publish user data in response to the lies of Avid Life Media (ALM is the social network Ashley Madison) that charges its customers with 19 dollars to completely delete 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 with credit κάρτα και οι λεπτομέρειες των αγορών τους δεν διαγράφονται, όπως υπόσχεται η εταιρεία. Οι information include real name and address, which is certainly the most important information 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 to networks their.
"We apologize for the unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information."