I’m gonna assume that everyone already know about the recent hack against the Ashley Madison affair dating website. If not, you can catch up on it here.
The hacked and leaked database contains the usernames and email addresses of roughly 32 million members on the website. About 15,000 of the members are registered with official .mil and .gov email addresses. As you can understand, this opened up a hell of blackmailing and flaming against people who where exposed. I can’t really say that I feel sorry for them though.
However, a huge secondary problem has grown from this hack and leak, and I will explain why. What most people don’t know is that the original version of the hacked and leaked database is off the grid for a while now. What remains online right now is 2 kinds of modified versions of the database.
The panic spread and censoring began
The first kind of modified database version that almost instantly surfaced was several censored versions, where some usernames and email addresses had been removed from the database. The different new censored versions has been re-uploaded again to many new locations. This is of course done to try cover up who was actually in the original database, and simply denying that they where in it to start with. I mean, who can prove that they where not added to the database after it was leaked?
The false framing and blackmailing
The second kind of modified database version is where ill-willing individuals or organizations have been adding usernames and email addresses to the database, which did not exist in the original database. When that has been done, they have re-uploaded the database to many new download sites, using it as a way to blackmail people for a profit. The same goes here, who can prove that they where added, and would you believe the excuses from a suspected cheater? You wouldn’t believe how many falsely framed people that rather pay up than having to deal with explaining how they ended up in the database.
Now, obviously I can’t link to any examples of these modified databases because of legal reasons. But if you are curious about it, then TOR Network is your friend.
Tell me what YOU think!
