QuoteAshleyMadison—tagline "Life Is Short. Have An Affair"—is an online site that facilitates cheating among its 37 million users. It's a service founded on confidentiality and privacy, which now seems to have all of its data in the hands of hackers. They're demanding the company take down the site, or they're going to out a lot of adulterers.
The hackers, going by the name "The Impact Team," posted a small sample of sensitive data (since taken offline) stolen from Avid Life Media, the company that owns AshleyMadison, along with other hookup sites Cougar Life and Established Men. The data was accompanied by a statement, demanding the takedown of AshleyMadison and Established Men. If that doesn't happen, the hackers are threatening to leak the full details—names, addresses, sexual fantasies—of AshleyMadison's 37 million users.
Speaking to security blog KrebsOnSecurity, ALM Chief Executive Noel Biderman confirmed the hack, condemned the "criminal act," and said the company was working hard to have the data taken down.
Hackers Threaten to Expose 37 Million Cheating AshleyMadison Users
Impact Team message, via KrebsOnSecurity
The Impact Team's beef with Avid seems to lie with the Full Delete feature offered by AshleyMadison—a $19 service that allows users of the site to erase their profile, and all accompanying information. According to The Impact Team, that service is a lie—it claims that although profile information is removed, credit card details, including real name and billing address—remain online.
That frames the hackers as the good guys, campaigning against a lying company; of course, a trove of personal information, including credit card details, can be worth serious money to the right people.
It goes without saying that this is about the worst data leak imaginable—not only does it have the usual problems of identity fraud, but if the full list of AshleyMadison's users hits the internet, that's a lot of adulterers outed.
http://gizmodo.com/hackers-threaten-to-expose-40-million-cheating-ashleyma-1718965334 (http://gizmodo.com/hackers-threaten-to-expose-40-million-cheating-ashleyma-1718965334)
37 million people are currently wetting their pants right now!
This wont mean much unless some Congressman or Government official turns up on the list. Then all efforts by law enforcement will be engaged to hush the hackers.
It would be funny if the info dribbles out over time, but the Feds will catch em before that happens. Look for the one time dump instead.
Quote37 million people are currently wetting their pants right now!
And, another 37 million are thinking "i'm so happy I didn't press submit!"
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 12:43:37 PM
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Do they? I won't ask how you know that :P
Quote from: Adam White on July 20, 2015, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 12:43:37 PM
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Do they? I won't ask how you know that :P
I figured someone might ask. I used to work with a bunch of attorneys, many in family law. Some people go to great lengths to keep their private life, well....private, until they are caught.
Then the tools to obscure are numerous once revealed.
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 03:28:22 PM
Quote from: Adam White on July 20, 2015, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 12:43:37 PM
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Do they? I won't ask how you know that :P
I figured someone might ask. I used to work with a bunch of attorneys, many in family law. Some people go to great lengths to keep their private life, well....private, until they are caught.
Then the tools to obscure are numerous once revealed.
Interesting. It makes sense, really. I bet you have a lot of fascinating stories.
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 03:28:22 PM
Quote from: Adam White on July 20, 2015, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 12:43:37 PM
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Do they? I won't ask how you know that :P
I figured someone might ask. I used to work with a bunch of attorneys, many in family law. Some people go to great lengths to keep their private life, well....private, until they are caught.
Then the tools to obscure are numerous once revealed.
And I bet when spuwho shows up in the leak you'll tell us it was for research purposes... ;)
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on July 21, 2015, 02:02:28 AM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 03:28:22 PM
Quote from: Adam White on July 20, 2015, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 12:43:37 PM
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Do they? I won't ask how you know that :P
I figured someone might ask. I used to work with a bunch of attorneys, many in family law. Some people go to great lengths to keep their private life, well....private, until they are caught.
Then the tools to obscure are numerous once revealed.
And I bet when spuwho shows up in the leak you'll tell us it was for research purposes... ;)
Ah yes - the Pete Townshend defence!
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on July 21, 2015, 02:02:28 AM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 03:28:22 PM
Quote from: Adam White on July 20, 2015, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: spuwho on July 20, 2015, 12:43:37 PM
Most serial adulterers use fake names with VISA gift cards to pay. I would reason the worse "offenders" have little to fear.
Do they? I won't ask how you know that :P
I figured someone might ask. I used to work with a bunch of attorneys, many in family law. Some people go to great lengths to keep their private life, well....private, until they are caught.
Then the tools to obscure are numerous once revealed.
And I bet when spuwho shows up in the leak you'll tell us it was for research purposes... ;)
LOL. Nope I can easily say I am not registered on the site, either by name real or fictitious.
Say it ain't so....
QuoteFamily Values Activist Josh Duggar Had a Paid Ashley Madison Account
In 2013, conservative reality TV star Josh Duggar—of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting fame—was named the executive director of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group in D.C. which seeks "to champion marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society." During that time, he also maintained a paid account on Ashley Madison, a web site created for the express purpose of cheating on your spouse.
In May 2015, Duggar was forced to resign after In Touch Weekly reported that he had molested five young girls (four of whom were his own sisters) beginning in 2002. When the accusations became public, the family went into crisis mode, insisting that Josh had reformed and that the media covering the claims was intent on "exploiting women."
Josh himself took to his family's Facebook page to absolve himself of his past indiscretions and assure the world he was back on a righteous path. And his wife, for her part, certainly seemed to believe it.
But data released online in the wake of the hack on Ashley Madison's servers certainly seems to show otherwise. Someone using a credit card belonging to a Joshua J. Duggar, with a billing address that matches the home in Fayetteville, Arkansas owned by his grandmother Mary—a home that was consistently shown on their now-cancelled TV show, and in which Anna Duggar gave birth to her first child—paid a total of $986.76 for two different monthly Ashley Madison subscriptions from February of 2013 until May of 2015.
Full article: http://gawker.com/family-values-activist-josh-duggar-had-a-paid-ashley-ma-1725132091
In news that surprises no one...
Josh Duggar was easy pickings. Wait until they find someone with a lot more to lose.
The interesting thing is that the CougarLife website owned by the same group was not hacked, or at least the client data was not leaked.
Quote from: Gunnar on August 20, 2015, 12:37:22 PM
The interesting thing is that the CougarLife website owned by the same group was not hacked, or at least the client data was not leaked.
Maybe you'd like to share some other 'interesting' websites that I have not heard about? (hacked or not. Thanks to spuwho's insight I now have an AmEx gift card registered to Jeremy Fatwallet) ;D
I've had a look at the 37 million line file of email addresses (Really 36,394,996, but who's counting)...
More than a few email addresses corresponding to local government & educational institutions. People have really bad judgement in using their work emails for personal stuff, especially something like this, yeesh.
Probably thought using their work email would be safer since their spouses would be less likely to have access to it.
Hey - here's a cool business idea - offer free web mail ... oh wait that already exists ::)
Quote from: blfair on August 20, 2015, 03:00:45 PM
I've had a look at the 37 million line file of email addresses (Really 36,394,996, but who's counting)...
More than a few email addresses corresponding to local government & educational institutions. People have really bad judgement in using their work emails for personal stuff, especially something like this, yeesh.
Where do you find said list?
:)
Quote from: spuwho on August 20, 2015, 12:18:30 PM
Josh Duggar was easy pickings. Wait until they find someone with a lot more to lose.
Well he fessed up today:
QuoteNEW YORK — Calling himself "the biggest hypocrite ever," ex-reality star Josh Duggar has apologized for a "secret addiction" to pornography and for cheating on his wife.
"While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife," he said in a statement posted on the family's website Thursday.
The statement was later edited to remove the reference to pornography and a reference to an earlier scandal in which Duggar molested four of his sisters and a baby sitter.
The statement was apparently spurred by Duggar's name appearing among millions exposed in a data breach of customers of the Ashley Madison website, an online service that caters to people looking to cheat on their spouses. Leaked data showed that a Josh Duggar whose address was the same as the reality TV star was a member of AshleyMadison.com from December 2012 to October 2014.
In his statement, Duggar did not address whether he had used AshleyMadison.com, nor did he detail the exact nature of his marital infidelity.
http://jacksonville.com/2015-08-20/story/reality-star-josh-duggar-admits-cheating-his-wife
QuoteWell he fessed up today:
And in other news, the tooth fairy is real, but the Beacon project in Riverside will not be.....news tomorrow at 4:30.
Quote from: acme54321 on August 20, 2015, 05:53:18 PM
Quote from: blfair on August 20, 2015, 03:00:45 PM
I've had a look at the 37 million line file of email addresses (Really 36,394,996, but who's counting)...
More than a few email addresses corresponding to local government & educational institutions. People have really bad judgement in using their work emails for personal stuff, especially something like this, yeesh.
Where do you find said list?
:)
It's floating around on various bittorrent sites. ~300MB compressed.
Good understanding lady. Of course it's her fault he was on AshleyMadison. Tiger needs a lady like this, so he can get his golf game back on track. ;)
Go ahead and renew that account Josh. It's all good.
QuoteAnna Duggar partially blames herself for her husband Josh's admitted infidelity, it has emerged.
The 27-year-old - who shares four children with Josh - will likely 'on some level.... absorb some of the blame' for her spouse's cheating and addiction to online porn, a Duggar family insider says.
And she will 'no way' leave Josh for his actions - which the 19 Kids and Counting star confessed to after he was named as one of the 37million spouses to allegedly have Ashley Madison accounts.
QuoteIf Anna has been adhering to her mother-in-law Michelle's top marriage tip, she will have said 'yes' to sex whenever her husband has wished to have it - regardless of how tired she may have been.
'Be available. Anyone can fix him lunch, but only one person can meet that physical need of love that he has,' Michelle, 49, told TODAY Moms in an interview last year, citing a friend's advice.
'You always need to be available when he calls.' Both Michelle and Jim Bob said the advice has been a 'lifesaver' in their 31-year marriage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205403/Anna-Duggar-partially-blames-husband-Josh-cheating-using-porn-mother-law-Michelle-s-marriage-tip-NOT-deny-spouse-sex.html
Quote from: thelakelander on August 21, 2015, 09:59:10 AM
Good understanding lady. Of course it's her fault he was on AshleyMadison. Tiger needs a lady like this, so he can get his golf game back on track. ;)
Go ahead and renew that account Josh. It's all good.
QuoteAnna Duggar partially blames herself for her husband Josh's admitted infidelity, it has emerged.
The 27-year-old - who shares four children with Josh - will likely 'on some level.... absorb some of the blame' for her spouse's cheating and addiction to online porn, a Duggar family insider says.
And she will 'no way' leave Josh for his actions - which the 19 Kids and Counting star confessed to after he was named as one of the 37million spouses to allegedly have Ashley Madison accounts.
QuoteIf Anna has been adhering to her mother-in-law Michelle's top marriage tip, she will have said 'yes' to sex whenever her husband has wished to have it - regardless of how tired she may have been.
'Be available. Anyone can fix him lunch, but only one person can meet that physical need of love that he has,' Michelle, 49, told TODAY Moms in an interview last year, citing a friend's advice.
'You always need to be available when he calls.' Both Michelle and Jim Bob said the advice has been a 'lifesaver' in their 31-year marriage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205403/Anna-Duggar-partially-blames-husband-Josh-cheating-using-porn-mother-law-Michelle-s-marriage-tip-NOT-deny-spouse-sex.html
That's about the most depressing thing I've ever heard. Not surprising, though.
Quote from: Tacachale on August 21, 2015, 10:47:53 AM
Quote from: thelakelander on August 21, 2015, 09:59:10 AM
Good understanding lady. Of course it's her fault he was on AshleyMadison. Tiger needs a lady like this, so he can get his golf game back on track. ;)
Go ahead and renew that account Josh. It's all good.
QuoteAnna Duggar partially blames herself for her husband Josh's admitted infidelity, it has emerged.
The 27-year-old - who shares four children with Josh - will likely 'on some level.... absorb some of the blame' for her spouse's cheating and addiction to online porn, a Duggar family insider says.
And she will 'no way' leave Josh for his actions - which the 19 Kids and Counting star confessed to after he was named as one of the 37million spouses to allegedly have Ashley Madison accounts.
QuoteIf Anna has been adhering to her mother-in-law Michelle's top marriage tip, she will have said 'yes' to sex whenever her husband has wished to have it - regardless of how tired she may have been.
'Be available. Anyone can fix him lunch, but only one person can meet that physical need of love that he has,' Michelle, 49, told TODAY Moms in an interview last year, citing a friend's advice.
'You always need to be available when he calls.' Both Michelle and Jim Bob said the advice has been a 'lifesaver' in their 31-year marriage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205403/Anna-Duggar-partially-blames-husband-Josh-cheating-using-porn-mother-law-Michelle-s-marriage-tip-NOT-deny-spouse-sex.html
That's about the most depressing thing I've ever heard. Not surprising, though.
(And she will 'no way' leave Josh for his actions - which the 19 Kids and Counting star confessed to after he was named as one of the 37million spouses to allegedly have Ashley Madison accounts.) But Anna Duggar will have Joshes balls in a glass jar to remind him of what he lost. ;)
^His balls will be just fine if she follows her mother-in-law's advice on how to keep her son happy.
Quote from: thelakelander on August 21, 2015, 06:28:20 PM
^His balls will be just fine if she follows her mother-in-law's advice on how to keep her son happy.
This story is still depressing, but that line was solid.
But lets not forget Josh sexually touched two of his Sister's and a Babysitter. If this would have been anyone else they would be in prison and be register as a sex offender.
http://gawker.com/viral-christian-pregnancy-youtuber-sam-rader-had-a-paid-1725258643 (http://gawker.com/viral-christian-pregnancy-youtuber-sam-rader-had-a-paid-1725258643)
Viral Christian Pregnancy YouTuber Sam Rader Had a Paid Ashley Madison Account
The popular Christian vlogger Sam Rader—best known for "surprising" his wife with her own positive pregnancy test in a viral video—had a paid account on the cheating website Ashley Madison in 2013, the Daily Mail reports. Sam is a leader in a new industry of online evangelism, posting daily videos of his upstanding, Jesus-loving family for hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Sam, whose new "manager" told the Daily Mail from a vlogger conference in Seattle that "we are not going to comment on this right now," has done such a good job marketing his Christian family values on YouTube that he quit his job this month to vlog full time. (We reached out to Sam for comment but have not heard back.) Though his latest pregnancy stunt video was controversial, Sam has built a real, loyal following preaching the bible and vlogging about wanting to be a "good man" to his wife of almost six years, Nia—the kind of "man I want [my daughter] to marry."
Perhaps Sam believes that being a "good man" in a marriage is consistent with seeking extramarital sexual partners online. Or perhaps he simply fell short of his goal in September 2013, when he created a paid account on Ashley Madison, a dating site created for the purpose of cheating your spouse. News of the Ashley Madison hack broke on July 15. Instead of keeping his head down, Sam went ahead with his viral pregnancy stunt three weeks later, propelling his family to new heights of Christian vlogging fame.
The Daily Mail notes that someone using a credit card belonging to a "Samuel Rader," with a billing address that matches the Raders' home in Terrell, Texas—a home that is featured in almost every video Sam posts—made several payments on Ashley Madison beginning in September 2013, including two payments of $189. The domain of the email address used to create the account, "becausethatswhy.com", was registered by Samuel Rader in 2011. (PerezHilton.com also notes the email evidence.)
Sam, who has now made it is full time job to preach Christian family values online, is not the first "good man" to break commandment number seven. Family values activist and former 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar had a paid Ashley Madison account, too.
I'm surprised there haven't been any bigger stories so far come out of this so far. These two are pretty small fish.
Quote from: Tacachale on August 22, 2015, 07:54:45 AM
I'm surprised there haven't been any bigger stories so far come out of this so far. These two are pretty small fish.
Small fish or not the fact that anyone who is married and has an affair at least is a lair to their spouse and children.
It's also not news unless they're famous. Josh Duggar and the YouTube guy can't be the most famous people using that site. Maybe the others were just smarter about it.
Quote from: Tacachale on August 22, 2015, 08:16:49 AM
It's also not news unless they're famous. Josh Duggar and the YouTube guy can't be the most famous people using that site. Maybe the others were just smarter about it.
Maybe so but a cheater is a cheater. And when you have two gentlemen that believe they're Christian look someplace else for SEX in my eyes famous or not. They're Hippocrates preaching the word of god out of one side of their mouths. Then with the other having SEX with someone else because their wife's just don't keep them happy in bed.
Quote from: Tacachale on August 22, 2015, 08:16:49 AM
It's also not news unless they're famous. Josh Duggar and the YouTube guy can't be the most famous people using that site. Maybe the others were just smarter about it.
There were a lot of folks in the White House, Congress, etc that were reported by the AP. They questioned some folks and asked what they would do if blackmailed, but have refrained from naming names since there were no laws broken. Some have investigated whether there were certain rules broken, however, for accessing the site while on taxpayer time, but it seems to be pretty vague in that regard.
QuoteCasey Anthony Prosecutor Jeff Ashton Admits Visiting Ashley Madison Site
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Florida state attorney Jeff Ashton, known for his role as a prosecutor in the Casey Anthony trial, admitted today to "indulging a curiosity" by joining the Ashley Madison cheating website.
Ashton, who is married, apologized to his family and the public at a press conference this afternoon.
"Two years ago, I was curious about the Ashley Madison website and I used my personal credit card to sign up for the site," he said.
Ashton said his involvement with Ashley Madison, a website for married people seeking affairs, was limited to online. He said he indulged a curiosity by joining the site, but claimed he never met anyone in person and no laws were broken.
Ashton said he was "so curious how this could exist."
Full article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-anthony-prosecutor-jeff-ashton-admits-visiting-ashley/story?id=33265082
Now the AshleyMadison fallout goes local....
QuoteMayor will withdraw appointment for fire prevention division after Ashley Madison link
Mayor John Curry intends to withdraw his appointment of Derrick Brinson as the chief of the fire prevention division.
QuoteThe review of Brinson's use of the city's computers and email began after Brinson's name surfaced in connection with the leak of Ashley Madison data for customers of that online site, Stewart said.
full article: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-09-04/story/mayor-will-withdraw-appointment-fire-prevention-division-after-ashley
Quote from: thelakelander on September 04, 2015, 05:20:26 PM
Now the AshleyMadison fallout goes local....
QuoteMayor will withdraw appointment for fire prevention division after Ashley Madison link
Mayor John Curry intends to withdraw his appointment of Derrick Brinson as the chief of the fire prevention division.
QuoteThe review of Brinson's use of the city's computers and email began after Brinson's name surfaced in connection with the leak of Ashley Madison data for customers of that online site, Stewart said.
full article: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-09-04/story/mayor-will-withdraw-appointment-fire-prevention-division-after-ashley
Who is John Curry? Lol