Hacked the site of Ashley Madison: the extramarital dating site – il Giornale

The faithless around the world tremble: a group of hackers stole and leaked some personal data of Ashley Madison dating site for people engaged or married in search of adventure, which has 37 million members in 46 countries.
For now, as reported by the US media, the leak amounts to 40 megabytes of data, but the pirates of the network claim to have access to the entire database and threatening to make public all secret information, including those relating to the numbers credit card, names, addresses, sexual preferences and erotic fantasies of clients. Hackers want the closure of the site, whose motto is “Life is short, it is a relationship”, owned by Avid Life Media, a Canadian company that also controls Cougar Life and Established Men.

To confirm the violation was the same company: “We apologize for the intrusion in the criminal information of our customers,” said Avid Life Media in a statement. “Confidence has always been our main objective, which is why we have implemented strict security measures and worked with leading professionals from around the world – continued – As other companies have experienced, these security measures, unfortunately , they did not prevent the attack on our system. ” The company then stated that the sites were immediately secured and were shut down rogue access points. “We are working with the police, who are investigating this criminal act,” he reiterated the company. Even the company’s CEO Noel Biderman has confirmed the fact, but declined to comment on the size, potentially enormous. So, the blog ‘Krebs on Security’, has revealed that the author of the intrusion may be a former employee or a collaborator. “Betrayal – he said – is like the glue that holds together millions of marriages.”
The hacker group had decided to publish the data because Ashley Madison in their opinion blackmailing customers: the website, they explain, it provides users free services-based, but then asks $ 19 for the definitive cancellation of their information by server, while free can only hide.