Ashley Madison: Life is short, have an affair. As if we didn’t have enough problems. The company is based in Canada and while ethically not the best business model, seemed to have a rather wide consumer base. From Josh Duggar to government employees, with the U.S. population having 318 million [1] people and Ashley Madison had 32 million [2] about 1 in 10 people are registered for this site (roughly). Hackers have always had their own set of principles outside of the normal person. While a lot of people wouldn’t agree with the ALM company most would’ve just shrugged it off. These hackers however decided to do something about it. They are going by the name of the ‘Impact Team’ and they “have posted personal information like e-mail addresses
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If you are going to run a site that preaches infidelity you need to take step to ensure customer data is protected and hidden. The government will continue to look into the leak to see if any government computers were used. The amount of data that they are going to pour though will be a tedious process but the employees will ultimately face the consequences, this wasn’t just for military as I stated earlier. “US government employees who were found to be patronising Ashley Madison included those in high federal positions and sensitive posts, such as at least two assistant US attorneys, at least three employees from the US Justice Department, an information technology administrator working in the Executive Office of the President, an employee from the Department of Homeland Security who once worked in a counterterrorism response team, and a government hacker from the Homeland Security Department. Worse, some federal employees used Internet connections in their offices to access the controversial cheating website. These government employees work in executive agencies, such as the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Energy, Treasury, Transportation and Homeland Security. That's not all: Even employees at the House of Representatives and Senate also used official computer networks to log in to Ashley Madison.”
If you are going to run a site that preaches infidelity you need to take step to ensure customer data is protected and hidden. The government will continue to look into the leak to see if any government computers were used. The amount of data that they are going to pour though will be a tedious process but the employees will ultimately face the consequences, this wasn’t just for military as I stated earlier. “US government employees who were found to be patronising Ashley Madison included those in high federal positions and sensitive posts, such as at least two assistant US attorneys, at least three employees from the US Justice Department, an information technology administrator working in the Executive Office of the President, an employee from the Department of Homeland Security who once worked in a counterterrorism response team, and a government hacker from the Homeland Security Department. Worse, some federal employees used Internet connections in their offices to access the controversial cheating website. These government employees work in executive agencies, such as the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Energy, Treasury, Transportation and Homeland Security. That's not all: Even employees at the House of Representatives and Senate also used official computer networks to log in to Ashley Madison.”