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The immoral business behavior seems to be the hackers' motivation, based on what they've written. They sought out to destroy the business. I'm guessing they'll

The immoral business behavior seems to be the hackers' motivation, based on what they've written. They sought out to destroy the business. I'm guessing they'll succeed in that.

bradleyankrom 11y ago
I know the sample Troy showed may not be representative of the whole, but I think there are a lot of users, outside of tech, that aren't aware of the breach. There is a comment somewhere -- maybe it's from the article, I can't remember -- expressing surprise that the AM home page doesn't acknowledge the breach at all. I would imagine that they are still receiving signups from folks who aren't following this story.
- ceejayoz 11y ago
  You'd think they'd at least change the "Over 39,470,000 anonymous members!" bit. If nothing else, to avoid being sued for false/deceptive advertising.
- lemevi 11y ago
  Those Ashley Madison users that aren't aware of the breach, or with families that are not aware are still possibly going to be targets of people will use the data to blackmail them. That is there may be a large number of AM users who will be made aware of it one way or another. If there is enough personally identifiable information in the dumps, strangers on the internet are going to use it as their personal piggy bank and send mass emails out to threaten whomever they find with black mail. They'll say "Send me $1,000 or I'll tell your spouse" and they'll keep doing it. Apparently home address and phone numbers are in the dumps for some members.
- hyperpape 11y ago
  They are still receiving signups: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/634828309386371073 https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/63482830938637107...
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  - bradleyankrom 11y ago
    "Internet dating consultancy" what a world
  - Avenger42 11y ago
    Mike Masnick of Techdirt also got signed up post-breach: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/16523632021/day-someone-signed-me-up-ashley-madison-account-that-day-would-be-yesterday.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/16523632021/day-s...
powertower 11y ago
If I recall correctly, the hackers wrote that they where morally outraged that AM was charging the users a deletion fee, and not deleting their data. Except by releasing the users data, it clearly shows their motivation is more against the users, then any shady business practices.
- stcredzero 11y ago
  No reason why they can't be against both groups, and are just killing two birds with one stone.

The immoral business behavior seems to be the hackers' motivation, based on what they've written. They sought out to destroy the business. I'm guessing they'll succeed in that.

bradleyankrom 11y ago

I know the sample Troy showed may not be representative of the whole, but I think there are a lot of users, outside of tech, that aren't aware of the breach. There is a comment somewhere -- maybe it's from the article, I can't remember -- expressing surprise that the AM home page doesn't acknowledge the breach at all. I would imagine that they are still receiving signups from folks who aren't following this story.

ceejayoz 11y ago
You'd think they'd at least change the "Over 39,470,000 anonymous members!" bit. If nothing else, to avoid being sued for false/deceptive advertising.
lemevi 11y ago
Those Ashley Madison users that aren't aware of the breach, or with families that are not aware are still possibly going to be targets of people will use the data to blackmail them. That is there may be a large number of AM users who will be made aware of it one way or another. If there is enough personally identifiable information in the dumps, strangers on the internet are going to use it as their personal piggy bank and send mass emails out to threaten whomever they find with black mail. They'll say "Send me $1,000 or I'll tell your spouse" and they'll keep doing it. Apparently home address and phone numbers are in the dumps for some members.
hyperpape 11y ago
They are still receiving signups: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/634828309386371073 https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/63482830938637107...
- deleted 11y ago
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- bradleyankrom 11y ago
  "Internet dating consultancy" what a world
- Avenger42 11y ago
  Mike Masnick of Techdirt also got signed up post-breach: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/16523632021/day-someone-signed-me-up-ashley-madison-account-that-day-would-be-yesterday.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/16523632021/day-s...

powertower 11y ago

If I recall correctly, the hackers wrote that they where morally outraged that AM was charging the users a deletion fee, and not deleting their data. Except by releasing the users data, it clearly shows their motivation is more against the users, then any shady business practices.

stcredzero 11y ago
No reason why they can't be against both groups, and are just killing two birds with one stone.