The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, targets Avid Dating Life and Avid Life Media, the Toronto-based companies that run AshleyMadison.com.
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People have become accustomed to trusting their most precious personal information to companies.
Before you hit “submit”, stop and think before giving up your personal information to any kind of website, said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, an industry-funded group that educates consumers about cybersecurity.
“I think it’s really missing the point of what the discussion should be right now and that is, “Is monogamy really working for us”?”
Now, answering questions from a Motherboard writer, The Impact Team reveals that not only did the Ashley Madison portal have no security measures in place, the admins were stupid enough to use a simple pass phrase for their servers’ root: ” Motherboard: What was their security like? “We’re still interested in hearing from affected people who may be interested in acting as additional plaintiffs”.
But both practices increase the likelihood that information could be leaked or shared. U.S. Legislators from all over the world have made a decision to stay ahead of accusations and confess that they have used the services of the cheat website Ashley Madison even though appearances suggested they were happily married.
“Here the capital, so to speak, isn’t a credit card or consumer goods”.
While this hasn’t obviously happened, a couple of days ago, the hackers released 10GB of data containing customer details, followed by another 20GB of information containing internal emails and some of the site’s source code.
Chris Longbottom is from UK law firm Shoosmiths – he says the hack has resulted in a lot of calls…
About one in three people who are affected by data breaches will suffer some type of identity theft or fraud, according to one study by Javelin Strategy & Research.
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“But those expectations have to be muted by the knowledge that they’re always taking a risk, whether they’re ordering from Amazon Prime or from Ashley Madison“, Vernick says.
