The people behind the Ashley Madison hack have spoken out again: they released 19 GB more of user data that they recovered from the cheating website’s servers. Its slogan is “Life is short”. The department which, according to its website is “ensuring the public trust by securing technology assets and maintaining privacy of sensitive data and information”, had no comment.
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Greg Ledenbach has been on Ashley Madison to track down cheaters. Now, those hacked details are online, including names, email addresses, street addresses, some financial information and even the sexual preferences of a reported 32 million customers.
On Tuesday, hackers released the private information of customers who’d used the online service, which connects people seeking to have affairs.
“Journalists will cover the extent of your breach whether you like it or not, ?#?AshleyMadison?”, Daniel Gutierrez, a software developer, said on Facebook. “Avid Life Media has never stored member’s full credit card numbers”.
Avid Life Media is the Canadian company behind Ashley Madison. These government employees work in executive agencies, such as the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Energy, Treasury, Transportation and Homeland Security.
His is just one of thousands of Marine, Navy and Army email addresses that used the site to set up extramarital affairs.
This launch is the latest instalment in what is becoming one of the most highly polarising, wide-reaching hacks of recent times. Plus, others like former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair are ducking for cover, claiming they’ve got nothing to do with their email addresses appearing on the site.
“The opportunity to be anonymous and to link up with someone to have a thrill, something that’s exciting, I think that’s the draw that Ashley Madison has”, said Dr. Stewart R. Beasley, PH.D.
Earlier this week, the personal information of millions of Ashley Madison users was leaked to the internet.
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In a statement issued in response to the release of the data, Air Chief Marshal Binskin said there was no evidence Australian-based systems or networks had been compromised. The records include at least two registrations of email accounts from Miami Beach, two from Miami-Dade County, and five from the City of Fort Lauderdale.
