The Impact Team hasn't backed down on their threat against the cheating site and dumps 9.7 gigabyte of data online last Tuesday.
A recent article posted on the telegraph.co.uk gives a detailed updates on the progress of the information leak to the public, most especially to some key government figures who say their private information were "stolen without their knowledge."
Most of the email addresses that were being used on the extramarital site were from the UK Ministry of Defence. Corey Nachreiner,Chief Technology officer for Watchguard Internet Security, was quoted as saying "Businesses should assume they have already been compromised when putting security in place since you can never have perfect defence. Organisations must implement discovery-and-response tools so that they can immediately see and handle the incidents that get past their gates. It is a reminder that cyber criminals may be hacktivists with social agendas who want to disrupt day-to-day business or organised criminal groups going after your customers' financial or personal data - or in this case, both.
He continued "At the route of these exploits, I am reminded of the advice I regularly give to kids. At a very basic level, do not put anything online you wouldn't be happy to see on the front page of news on your grandmother's coffee table. The internet is forever, no matter who you trust with your data", according to the same article.
In another article on wired.com, descriptions on what customers are seeking on the site were also set out in the open. The Impact team had this to say about the exposure "Avid Life Media has failed to take down Ashley Madison and Established Men..We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM and their members. Now everyone gets to see their data.... Keep in mind the site is a scam with thousands of fake female profiles. See ashley madison fake profile lawsuit; 90-95% of actual users are male. Chances are your man signed up on the world's biggest affair site, but never had one. He just tried to. If that distinction matters." Click on the link to view more of the Impact Team's expose here.
