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The Ashley Madison Hack Returns With Fresh Blackmail Threats
You may recall around 5 years ago hearing that the Ashley Madison website was hacked. In it, thousands of its user’s personal information were obtained by a still unknown party. Now, for those of you (genuinely) not aware of this company, it was essentially a dating service for married people.…
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Ashley Madison Is Trying To Win Back Your Trust
Ashley Madison attempt to win back your trust You may recall that last year, dating website Ashley Madison was hacked. The hack revealed many thousands of members personal details which were leaked online. At this point, you might think that that doesn’t sound too out of the ordinary. In this…
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1 in 5 UK Businesses Have Been Attacked by Hackers
A recent survey has revealed that at least 1 in 5 UK businesses have been attacked or the victim of hackers/cyber crime. The research conducted also found that out of 1,200 companies, 42% of ‘big’ businesses fell victim to cybercrime, with smaller companies just 18% and of those affected, over…
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Hack Pornhub and Earn $25,000
Pornhub has partnered with HackerOne to offer rewards, ranging between $50 and $25,000, to hackers who can find flaws and vulnerabilities in its adult content site. HackerOne has worked with a number of different companies and organisations – including a recent partnership with the Pentagon – to encourage “white hat”…
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Stolen User Data Sells for as Little as $1 on the Dark Web
Online data breaches and stolen user details are becoming a sad reality of life on the internet. Whether it’s the infamous Ashley Madison hack or a phishing attack, it’s tough to stop your information from falling into the wrong hands. You might be surprised, however, how much your personal data…
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Cracking Millions Of Ashley Madison Passwords In Quadruple Quick Time
Signing up to a dating site which offers the platform for affairs while expecting all your data to remain safe looks to be rather stupid, after the many revelations which have been exposed concerning the Ashley Madison website. If the owners thought it could not be embarrassed any further, a…
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99% Of Women Profiles On Ashley Madison Were Fake
Oh, well I am not surprised but here we go, the well reported data breach on dating website Ashley Madison has exposed a wealth of information including a huge proportion of fake profiles. Impact Team who were the group behind the hack, announced that it was releasing the information in…
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Users Launch Class Action Suits Against Ashley Madison
Users of extramarital affair site Ashley Madison have launched class action lawsuits against its parent company Avid Life Media, accusing of being negligent in protecting customer data. Two suits have been filed – one in California, another in Texas – alleging that the company failed to implement adequate security measures…
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Ashley Madison Ex-CTO Hacked Competing Website
Adultery website, Ashley Madison is at the forefront of a hacking scandal despite reassurances about the site’s confidentiality. The data released includes information on members, their activity and the CEO’s e-mail correspondence. In an ironic twist, leaked documents show that the CTO in collaboration with employees, and the CEO of parent…
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John McAfee Accuses Employee of Ashley Madison Leak
Everyone’s favourite anti-virus-inventing, yoga-teaching, hand-biting millionaire eccentric John McAfee has turned private dick, launching his own investigation into the recent data leak from extramarital affair hook-up site Ashley Madison. McAfee claims, after taking “over a week to finish the analysis,” he has discovered that, rather than a hack, that the…
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Hackers Post 10GB Stolen Data as Ashley Madison Stays Online
It has been a while since hackers attacked the online cheating site Ashley Madison where the hackers claimed that they had downloaded pretty much all relevant information about the users from the site. For those who don’t know it, Ashley Madison is an online dating site specifically designed and advertised…
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