Ashley Madison Hacked

[pkt77242]

Josh Duggar admits to Ashley Madison account

 

[wizards8507]

Anybody else find it bizarre that the only "big name" to come out of this so far is Duggar? There are almost certainly politicians and/or other public figures on that list, so why is the first (and so far only) name out the relatively who-the-hell-cares Josh Duggar?

 

[pkt77242]

19 AZ state employee addresses in Ashley Madison data

Government employees really need to learn not to use their work email adress for personal reasons. Especially people in Kentucky.

 

[NOLAIrish]

Anybody else find it bizarre that the only "big name" to come out of this so far is Duggar? There are almost certainly politicians and/or other public figures on that list, so why is the first (and so far only) name out the relatively who-the-hell-cares Josh Duggar?

I'm assuming it's mostly an indication that they don't seek affairs through sites like Ashley Madison. Seems that the primary "benefit" of seeking an affair through that site rather than other means is that it signals to a potential partner that they're getting into a relationship with someone who is already attached and expects discretion from them. I don't think public figures get much benefit from that: their personal life is already likely to be known to a potential partner before they even meet and the expectation of discretion is similarly obvious.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Ashley Madison leak reveals which states like to cheat the most - Business Insider

Looks like Alabama is ranked number one again

 

[wizards8507]

I'm assuming it's mostly an indication that they don't seek affairs through sites like Ashley Madison. Seems that the primary "benefit" of seeking an affair through that site rather than other means is that it signals to a potential partner that they're getting into a relationship with someone who is already attached and expects discretion from them. I don't think public figures get much benefit from that: their personal life is already likely to be known to a potential partner before they even meet and the expectation of discretion is similarly obvious.

I don't mean public figure like Tom Brady. I meant more "senior staffer to John Kerry" or "Pete Carroll's cousin Steve."

 

[ACamp1900]

Lol at DC

 

[dublinirish]

Anybody else find it bizarre that the only "big name" to come out of this so far is Duggar? There are almost certainly politicians and/or other public figures on that list, so why is the first (and so far only) name out the relatively who-the-hell-cares Josh Duggar?

whole bunch of business guys, politicians etc been named in public via the media in UK and Ireland. I think the libel laws are different from the US lol

Ashley Madison: Irish names listed include politician, academics and businessmen - Independent.ie

In the UK, scientists working in a top-secret defence laboratory and a female MP are among hundreds of public servants whose personal details have been published online.

Michelle Thomson, a newly elected Scottish Nationalist Party MP, said a hacker had used her old email address to access the website and she had never visited it herself.

 

[wizards8507]

whole bunch of business guys, politicians etc been named in public via the media in UK and Ireland. I think the libel laws are different from the US lol

Ashley Madison: Irish names listed include politician, academics and businessmen - Independent.ie

It ain't libel if it's true.

 

[Ndaccountant]

It ain't libel if it's true.

No, but it's also clear the names and email addresses could be whatever the user designates them to be. Hell, I could sign up with an email of joe.biden@whitehouse.gov if I wanted to.

 

[wizards8507]

No, but it's also clear the names and email addresses could be whatever the user designates them to be. Hell, I could sign up with an email of joe.biden@whitehouse.gov if I wanted to.

That's very easy to report without committing libel.

Headline: Joe.biden@whitehouse.gov among hacker list of active e-mail accounts

That's much easier than writing "Joe Biden slept with a freshman at Georgetown."

Besides, doesn't the hack list way more than e-mail addresses? First name, last name, home address?

 

[dublinirish]

No, but it's also clear the names and email addresses could be whatever the user designates them to be. Hell, I could sign up with an email of joe.biden@whitehouse.gov if I wanted to.

yah but the data dump actually contains user's transactions and personal info. it'd be pretty easy to pick out the genuine users wouldnt it?

 

[Ndaccountant]

That's very easy to report without committing libel.

Headline: Joe.biden@whitehouse.gov among hacker list of active e-mail accounts

That's much easier than writing "Joe Biden slept with a freshman at Georgetown."

Besides, doesn't the hack list way more than e-mail addresses? First name, last name, home address?

True and the info has more information. But again, it's nearly impossible to prove one way or another since those type of records are frequently falsified or stolen.

For the poor bastards that actually used their real name and data, I feel for them (outside of my loathing of them as cheaters). Apparently part of the data released was answers to password challenge questions. Uh oh.

 

[Ndaccountant]

yah but the data dump actually contains user's transactions and personal info. it'd be pretty easy to pick out the genuine users wouldnt it?

Credit card transactions and addresses used to form the profile is my understanding. The address was basically used to show you the other locals using the site, not necessarily the billing address. At least, that is what I have been lead to believe.

 

[Irish#1]

Anybody else find it bizarre that the only "big name" to come out of this so far is Duggar? There are almost certainly politicians and/or other public figures on that list, so why is the first (and so far only) name out the relatively who-the-hell-cares Josh Duggar?

They're picking on Duggar because of the scandal. Everyone loves to see a "Holy Roller" go down.

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/B1G?src=hash">#B1G</a> <a href="http://t.co/9wezgdJS9h">pic.twitter.com/9wezgdJS9h</a></p>— mgoblog (@mgoblog) <a href="https://twitter.com/mgoblog/status/634743719724380161">August 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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lol sparty aint getting it at home

 

[wizards8507]

They're picking on Duggar because of the scandal. Everyone loves to see a "Holy Roller" go down.

Sure but he's about the smallest-time holy roller you could possibly find. I'd get it if we were talking Huck or Osteen.

 

[WaveDomer]

Out of what? 37 million users, how many do you think are fake or just people who were curious about the site and had no interactions other than checking it out? Bet It Is Something Like 80%.

 

[Irish#1]

Sure but he's about the smallest-time holy roller you could possibly find. I'd get it if we were talking Huck or Osteen.

You have to look at the total picture (family). Given they had their own TV show, this puts it up there with the Bakers, Swaggert, etc..

 

[wizards8507]

Out of what? 37 million users, how many do you think are fake or just people who were curious about the site and had no interactions other than checking it out? Bet It Is Something Like 80%.

The leak details that. It shows who signed up and left it alone, who signed up and paid money, who signed up and paid money and talked to people, etc.

 

[WaveDomer]

The leak details that. It shows who signed up and left it alone, who signed up and paid money, who signed up and paid money and talked to people, etc.

Does it have any type of breakdown? I just wonder how much of a big deal this is. The percentage of people who signed up and used their own personal data is probably small, I would think. So when the class action goes down, this company is probably going to be done. Just profit wise, I wonder if they really raked it in.

 

[ulukinatme]

Man, Knute was right about lots of Ashley Madison users being Michigan people. Seems like the rust belt as a whole is looking for affairs. Ohio represent!

 

[dublinirish]

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/ashley...e-even-bigger-batch-data/?mbid=social_twitter

On the heels of releasing 10 gigabytes of data on Tuesday, they released a new, bigger batch of data that’s about 20 gigabytes worth of compressed files. And while the first batch mostly exposed Ashley Madison’s covert customers, this latest may prove to be more embarrassing to the company’s executives. Judging by the file names in the latest dump, they appear to include email spools belonging to Ashley Madison’s top executive.

 

[Irish#1]

Indiana is toward the bottom, but IVY Tech community college (based in Indy) is one of the top schools. Not sure what to make of that.

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Either ND people didn't use Ashley Madison or were smart enough to not use their .edu email while signing up. Either way, I'm proud</p>— NDPoot (@PootND) <a href="https://twitter.com/PootND/status/634753338878394368">August 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[ND NYC]

so, who besides duggar has been exposed here?
where are the names?

 

[Henges24]

so, who besides duggar has been exposed here?
where are the names?

Free Beer and Hot Wings said this morning, Duggar and some Douche Lord YouTube guy. That is all so far.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Of the allegedly 5.5m registered female users on Ashley Madison, only 12,000 were likely real.

 

[ACamp1900]

Is you really real, Or is you really fake???

 

[Irish YJ]

guess it's better than cousinhookup.com

Ashley Madison leak reveals which states like to cheat the most - Business Insider

Looks like Alabama is ranked number one again