This may just be the worst nightmare for cheaters!
Ashley Madison, the no. 1 cheating website for married people and those who are in a relationship who wants to cheat was reported hacked last Monday, according to CNN.
Hackers which identified themselves as The Impact Team have gotten some internal data from Ashley Madison parent company Avid Life Media (ALM). The hackers threatened to expose profiles of 37 million customers of the site including their sexual fantasies if the site would not shut down.
This is what the hackers posted according to Krebsonsecurity, "Too bad for those men, they're cheating dirtbags and deserve no such discretion. Too bad for ALM, you promised secrecy but didn't deliver. We've got the complete set of profiles in our DB dumps, and we'll release them soon if Ashley Madison stays online. And with over 37 million members, mostly from the US and Canada, a significant percentage of the population is about to have a very bad day, including many rich and powerful people."
Ashley Madison site actually offers a "full delete" service that promises the full deletion of the customers' profile and it costs customers $19 for this service. Hackers exposed that the "full delete" service isn't really working. They clearly defined the "full delete" service along with their threats.
"Full Delete netted [Avid Life Media] $1.7 million in revenue in 2014. It's also a complete lie." "Users almost always pay with credit card; their purchase details are not removed as promised, and include real names and address, which is of course the most important information the users want removed."
This is a serious issue for the company and it was reported they are already taking steps to find the offender for the hacks.
Aside from Ashley Madison, the other site that the hackers want to shut down operations is Established Men.
