Hackers release new Ashley Madison data targeting site’s CEO and operators

“Hey Noel, you can admit it’s real now”.

A message posted on the “dark web” where the last leak of data was dumped is apparently directed toward Ashley Madison’s parent company Avid Life Media’s CEO Noel Biderman.

The hackers behind the Ashley Madison breach appear to have upped their game, if that was even possible, by taking direct aim at the company’s top executive, Noel Biderman, CEO of Avid Life Media, AshleyMadison’s parent company.

There is no policy prohibiting workers from using work email for personal matters, according to the Arizona Department of Administration.

The hackers object to the site’s business practices, specifically a “paid delete” option that allows people to pay to remove all their information but, they say, does not actually do that.

Many news organizations have reported the existence of government e-mail domains among the leaked data, including Boston magazine, which said it found five user accounts with Boston city e-mail addresses, one with a Boston Police e-mail, and a smattering of others from different local Massachusetts agencies.

Messages left with the county seeking comment were not immediately returned Thursday.

If authentic, the additional release would increase pressure on the company, which has been quiet about exactly how much and what sort of data was stolen in a breach in July.

The release includes source code for the website as well as smartphone apps and proprietary company data, he added.

The hackers who took credit for the break-in had accused the website’s owners of deceit and incompetence, and said the company refused to bow to their demands to close the site.

Hackers say they’ve posted account information for some 35 million customers of the Ashley Madison service, which promises opportunities for extramarital affairs.

The data release could have severe consequences for U.S. service members. The address you enter will get an email only if it’s been hacked, so no snooping on your husband with this one.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter confirmed the Pentagon was looking into the list of people who used military email addresses. “The services are looking into it, as well they should be, absolutely”. An Associated Press analysis of the hacked data shows subscribers included hundreds of U.S. government civilian and military employees – including some who have sensitive jobs in the White House, Congress and law enforcement.