Ashley Madison posted a statement on its Facebook and Twitter accounts, as well as the media section of its website, this morning, followed by an updated statement at 12:25 pm EST. “The other websites may stay online”. So far they have released just 40MB of data, which the hackers accompanied with a manifesto threatening release of more information unless the websites were shut down.
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Ashley Madison, THE top site when it comes to finding a partner to help you have an affair, has been hacked and cheaters everywhere are shaking in their adulterous boots.
Avid Life has said they will stop selling the service and instead offer it for free.
A list of demands, published online by the “Impact Team”, appear to indicate the hack is the result of the company’s “full delete” policy, which caused some controversy past year.
Hackers breached the site’s security, jeopardizing the privacy of a purported 37 million users, including 91,000 in San Diego, who had bought into the slogan “Life is short”.
The waiving of the £15 fee that the company usually charges for profile deletion may come too late in the day, however, for those whose information is already in the hands of the hackers, who go by the name The Impact Team.
Ashley Madison’s parent company, Toronto-based Avid Life Media Inc., says it has had the hackers’ posts – which included snippets of personal information – taken down and has hired a technology security firm.
We have been able to secure our sites, and close the unauthorised access points.
“Our team of forensics experts and security professionals, in addition to law enforcement, are continuing to investigate this incident and we will continue to provide updates as they become available”, the company said.
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Those claiming responsibility for the hack had suggested that when customers paid to delete their profiles their pay details – including their names and addresses – were not in fact removed. “Have an affair” said on Monday that her site have been attacked and some user data was stolen. “Any and all parties responsible for this act of cyber-terrorism will be held responsible”. Users in more than 46 countries subscribe to the cheating website, which was founded in 2001.
