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NYT: Ashley Madison Users Face Threats of Blackmail and Identity Theft
31/08/2015
By Jonah Bromwich, with comments from Israel Levy, BUFFERZONE CEO. Read the article in The New York Times.
First, members of the adultery website Ashley Madison had their personal information unveiled to the world by hackers. Now, a bigger threat looms.
Scammers and extortionists have been combing for targets through the data on 30 million to 40 million Ashley Madison users, stolen by a group calling itself The Impact Team and dumped online earlier this month.
Police officials in Toronto said they had already seen several instances of such spinoff crimes, including extortion attempts.
Read the full article in The New York Times.
