The hackers, who call themselves The Impact Team, leaked snippets of the compromised data online and warned they would release customers' real names, profiles, nude photos, credit card details and "secret sexual fantasies" unless their demands were met, Krebs said.
They also demanded the closure of another Avid Life Media's sites - sugar-daddy site Established Men - but did not target the company's CougarLife site, which caters for women members looking for "a young stud".
Ashley Madison, which uses the slogan, "Life is short. It said it has "stringent security measures in place, including working with leading IT vendors from around the world". The breach comes about two months after dating site Adult FriendFinder was compromised. That site has an estimated 64 million members.
The Impact Team — in a screen grab, showing on the Krebs blog — says it has taken over Avid Media systems including customer databases, source code, financial records and emails. They said users who had paid a fee to Avid Life to have their personal data permanently deleted had been lied to and the company had retained records, including credit card information.
How Hillary Clinton really reacted to the Lewinsky affair. Why are a quarter of us having affairs when no-one wants to? Leave a comment. Avid Life did not disclose what information was stolen. Listen Now. The unauthorised posts have since been removed. Tags: current-affairs. Very Peri. True Crime. Before The Bump. Parent Opinion.
