Monday, August 24, 2015

"'Suicides' over Ashley Madison hack"

"Two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison customer details are reported to have taken their lives, according to police in Canada."
The police revealed the news at a press conference in Toronto but gave no further information about the deaths.
Ashley Madison's Canadian parent company Avid Life Media is offering a C$500,000 (£240,000) reward for information about the hackers, they added.
He also explained that the hack had already led to a series of "spin-offs of crimes and further victimisation".
"Criminals have already engaged in online scams by claiming to provide access to the leaked websites," he said.
"The public needs to be aware that by clicking on these links you are exposing your computers to malware, spyware, adware and viruses."
The unfolding of the hack was also detailed at the conference - from the moment on 12 July when several Avid Life Media employees logged in to their computers and were confronted by a message from the hackers.
This message was accompanied by music - AC/DC's "Thunderstruck", said Mr Evans.

3 comments:

edutcher said...

It's called the Wages of Sin.

And, yeah, I'll bet those hackers can command any ransom they want.

Leland said...

I'm fairly certain a Venn Diagram of Ashley Madison users and Stock Brokers would have a wide overlap. Just 2 suicides seems low.

Michael Haz said...

Still puzzles me that every year or so stupid people have to be reminded that monogamy is a good thing. That lesson was learned centuries ago, but is all to easily forgotten.