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I can imagine two separate motives for this hack: (1) The hackers dislike the idea of adultery and wanted to harm the site & punish its users; (2) The hackers
by danblick 11y ago
I can imagine two separate motives for this hack:
(1) The hackers dislike the idea of adultery and wanted to harm the site & punish its users;
(2) The hackers wanted to blackmail the site and its users by threatening to expose them if they did not pay hush money or perform other services (e.g. reveal secrets).
It seems that motive (1) has some acceptance (people are cheering the hackers), but I think (2) seems more plausible. These guys aren't heroes: they found a vulnerable target and went after it.
- nkozyra 11y agoExcept they didn't do #2 and instead just released it. That kind of kills the blackmail value, doesn't it?
- mahmud 11y agoMaybe they had a private communication with AM, and only released it after the negotiations broke down?
- DavidAdams 11y ago(3) They're in it for the lulz, and realized that going after an unsavory company with unsavory clients they'd create a Schadenfreude-fueled media sensation they'd have extra lulz.
- redog 11y ago(3) They wanted to sting one poor sap. Added him to the DB, release with motive (2) and done.