Ashley Madison hack an ‘inside job — Security expert
Amidst all the news revolving around the Ashley Madison hack is one freaky report: a TV project based on the hack is in the pipeline.
Toronto police want hackers’ help to find out who released the data of more than 30 million users of the affair-enabling website Ashley Madison.
‘There’s a number of women in this position too, it’s not all about men, it’s a turning point in marriage, ‘ she said.
“This isn’t fun and games anymore”, Evans said. “Have access to all their user records including emails, encrypted password, if they purchased or not, who they talked to, what their search preferences are, last login, fraud risk profile, who they blocked or are blocked from, photo uploads, etc”.
Thank You Ashley Madison is being produced by OutEast Entertainment and Canadian production company Marblemedia, with Biderman involved as an executive producer. “The social impact behind this leak, we’re talking about families, we’re talking about children, we’re talking about wives, their male partners”.
Evans also revealed that two unconfirmed suicides were allegedly associated with the infidelity site’s security breach. After the attack, concerns over Internet and data security have risen considerably.
A review of the leaked emails by investigative reporter Brian Krebs has uncovered an exchange suggesting a former company executive hacked another dating website before siphoning off their entire user database. Last week, another 20 gigabytes of data was released. He also asserted alongside that the perpetrator of the hack was a female. Suddenly, the name Ashley Madison is everywhere.
According to McGeorge, the leaked information has already been replicated numerous times.
Psychotherapist Marcus Krohner, who practices in Philadelphia, said the popularity of the website before it was breached is an indication “something is changing, and not just sexual attitudes”.
It’s possible that there are other zip codes that do not have any actual Ashley Madison users because there have been instances where phony accounts were created by bots.
More than 37 million people now have their in information including personal credit card data compromised. Avid Life Media offered a $500,000 reward to anyone providing information leading to the prosecution of the hackers behind the invasion, known as the Impact Team.