It was only a matter of time before extortion artists started targeting those who used Ashely Madison. Security expert Brian Krebs broke this story on his blog. Here’s some details:
According to security firms and to a review of several emails shared with this author, extortionists already see easy pickings in the leaked AshleyMadison user database.
Earlier today I heard from Rick Romero, the information technology manager at VF IT Services, an email provider based in Milwaukee. Romero said he’s been building spam filters to block outgoing extortion attempts against others from rogue users of his email service.
Lovely. The letters say that their activities on Ashley Madison will be outed to the victim’s spouse if they don’t pay up. Here’s the kicker, they want to be paid in Bitcoin. That makes them somewhat untraceable. I have to admit that if it weren’t a crime, I’d be impressed. But as it is, the damage that the Hacking Team has unleashed upon the world has begun.
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Extortion Attempts Targeting Ashley Madison Users Have Begun
It was only a matter of time before extortion artists started targeting those who used Ashely Madison. Security expert Brian Krebs broke this story on his blog. Here’s some details:
According to security firms and to a review of several emails shared with this author, extortionists already see easy pickings in the leaked AshleyMadison user database.
Earlier today I heard from Rick Romero, the information technology manager at VF IT Services, an email provider based in Milwaukee. Romero said he’s been building spam filters to block outgoing extortion attempts against others from rogue users of his email service.
Lovely. The letters say that their activities on Ashley Madison will be outed to the victim’s spouse if they don’t pay up. Here’s the kicker, they want to be paid in Bitcoin. That makes them somewhat untraceable. I have to admit that if it weren’t a crime, I’d be impressed. But as it is, the damage that the Hacking Team has unleashed upon the world has begun.
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