Website hacking for fun and profit

And this one will be for a LOT of profit: http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/20/technology/ashley-madison-hack/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom

The first time I heard of that site my initial thought was "wow, that is going to be some great blackmail material for whoever hacks it." And now some hackers have gone and done exactly that. I'm sure with just some basic data mining techniques it would be easy to pair user info with real names.

That "hurray" you just heard was the shouts of joy from the American Association of Divorce Lawyers.

Heard this morning that it was probably an inside job.

37 million members? Really?

Basil Exposition wrote: Heard this morning that it was probably an inside job. 37 million members? Really?

Humans are awful people.

I'm glad it happened. Adultery is one of the few things in life that breaks no laws but has the capability to destroy.

This is hilarious.

In reply to HiTempguy:

Yeah, you won't see me crying any rivers if they do go ahead and out all the people.

I'd like to see the list. I'd guess my ex is on it and hopefully she can get booted by her sugar daddy.

Interestingly this group isn't asking for a ransom, they just want Ashley Madison and Established Men (I'm guessing a sugar daddy site?) shut down.

They are also specifically mentioning the "Complete Delete" service, which is apparently $19.95 - saying that AM charges your credit card to completely expunge your account, but then don't actually do it. So maybe somebody got burned by that and are now on the warpath.

Basil Exposition wrote: Heard this morning that it was probably an inside job. 37 million members? Really?

Maybe not. Some reports suggest they put up a bunch of fake accounts with clip art pictures of good looking women to encourage more men to sign up. Given the general scumminess of that sort of business, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true. Plus, it's possible some of the accounts were faked by others looking to dig for dirt - I could see a PI setting up a fake account after getting hired by someone in divorce proceedings to look into rumors that somebody was using the site, for example.

Based on our "customer registrations" on our website, at least 20% are .ru addresses being stuffed in by spammers for...well, I have no idea why they'd be doing that on an auto parts website. I can only imagine how many a site like this would attract.

Keith Tanner wrote: Based on our "customer registrations" on our website, at least 20% are .ru addresses being stuffed in by spammers for...well, I have no idea why they'd be doing that on an auto parts website. I can only imagine how many a site like this would attract.

Oooooh baby, let me see those big chrome headers. Uh-huh, uh-huh, what's the size of that turbine inducer? Ooooohh..

Edit: Oh, wait, which site are you running over there? :)

Keith Tanner wrote: Based on our "customer registrations" on our website, at least 20% are .ru addresses being stuffed in by spammers for...well, I have no idea why they'd be doing that on an auto parts website. I can only imagine how many a site like this would attract.

In all fairness, your site has plenty of fap worthy material.

Oh, I almost forgot this:

In reply to Keith Tanner:

In Russia Miata modifies you!

I need to come up with something that people will pay me money to join that makes them feel better about doing something awful because other people also signed up so they are not alone.

Wow, I had no idea such a site existed, I thought that's what local free papers and craigslist was for.

I bet the info is useless, who they hell would go on there and give their real name or address. Even if you have a real pic on there, how the hell is your husband, wife going to find you unless they sort through 37,000,000 pictures.

Seems odd. The hackers should have just completely shut down the site and deleted all the data if they want to hit the site hard.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Wow, I had no idea such a site existed, I thought that's what local free papers and craigslist was for. I bet the info is useless, who they hell would go on there and give their real name or address. Even if you have a real pic on there, how the hell is your husband, wife going to find you unless they sort through 37,000,000 pictures. Seems odd. The hackers should have just completely shut down the site and deleted all the data if they want to hit the site hard.

Step 1 - Acquire email list of 37,000,000 addresses.

Step 2 - Send email blast to all 37,000,000 email address stating "we know who you are, send $$$ to this account by noon tomorrow or else we send a nice package to your spouse." Assume that only a fraction of the recipients will be scared enough to comply.

Step 3 - Profit!

People don't need to give their real information, but apparently they did need a credit card, and that has all the info they need.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Wow, I had no idea such a site existed, I thought that's what local free papers and craigslist was for. I bet the info is useless, who they hell would go on there and give their real name or address. Even if you have a real pic on there, how the hell is your husband, wife going to find you unless they sort through 37,000,000 pictures. Seems odd. The hackers should have just completely shut down the site and deleted all the data if they want to hit the site hard.

Well, I assume these sites can charge people, and it is a LITTLE bit harder to get a credit card with a fake name.

How much of AM's traffic is real legit cheaters vs. people just curious and signing up?

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Wow, I had no idea such a site existed, I thought that's what local free papers and craigslist was for. I bet the info is useless, who they hell would go on there and give their real name or address. Even if you have a real pic on there, how the hell is your husband, wife going to find you unless they sort through 37,000,000 pictures. Seems odd.

You'd be wrong. I've been utilizing a couple of dating apps the last little while, its crazy how personal people get. I understand the desire to broadcast "you" as "you", and I truly do appreciate the honesty in selecting the "I do drugs" checkmark (Edit-so I can avoid them), but it would be so easy to cross reference age, a couple of the body biometrics, and pictures to determine if you know said person whose every picture involves a shot, dressing like a sl00t, and has said checkmark for "does drugs" checked off.

People are berkeleyed.

Damn, now everyone will know my real name is Dick Hurtz.

pinchvalve wrote: I need to come up with something that people will pay me money to join that makes them feel better about doing something awful because other people also signed up so they are not alone.

I’m afraid you’re too late to start the Trump campaign contribution fund but I’m sure you can come up with something.

Wait, wait, how about Classmates.com...nah, that's already been done as well.

Duke wrote: They are also specifically mentioning the "Complete Delete" service, which is apparently $19.95 - saying that AM charges your credit card to completely expunge your account, but then don't actually do it. So maybe somebody got burned by that and are now on the warpath.

this part is only marginally being mentioned by most news sites I'm seeing this story pop up on.

Wow. That is like 36 million fake names linked to a Visa gift card. Who the fuque would use their real name or actual money for that.