Men and women with the objective to cheat on their spouses might be just a bit worried about a hack on the cheating-based website Ashley Madison, which has threatened to expose millions who have used it to have affairs.
The hackers, who are known as The Impact Team, have accessed the information of all the registered users from Avid Life Media, the company that owns the site.
Krebs on Security reports The Impact team says their issue with the site is the “complete lie” they tell about their “full delete feature,” which they claim wipes the users’ information from the site but does not fully delete it – keeping their name and address.
“Full Delete netted ALM $1.7mm in revenue in 2014. It’s also a complete lie,” said The Impact Team. “Users almost always pay with credit card; their purchase details are not removed as promised, and include real name and address, which is of course the most important information the users want removed.”
The hackers added, “Too bad for those men, they’re cheating dirtbags and deserve no such discretion.”
If Ashley Madison doesn’t shut down, the group of hackers say they will release information like nude photos, credit card transactions and names and addresses of customers, Huffington Post reports.
“With over 37 million members, mostly from the US and Canada, a significant percentage of the population is about to have a very bad day, including many rich and powerful people,” they continued.
ALM also owns Cougar Life, Established Men, Swappernet, Man Crunch and Big and the Beautiful.