CA Avid Life Media Jul 2015 Hacking (Q15874)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | CA Avid Life Media Jul 2015 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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July 2015
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Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online. A data dump, 9.7 gigabytes in size, was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using an Onion address accessible only through the Tor browser. The files appear to include account details and log-ins for some 32 million users of the social networking site, touted as the premier site for married individuals seeking partners for affairs. Seven years worth of credit card and other payment transaction details are also part of the dump. AshleyMadison.com claimed to have nearly 40 million users at the time of the breach about a month ago, all apparently in the market for clandestine hookups. Ashley Madison is the most famous name in infidelity and (English)
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