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Ashley Madison Extortion – Daily Security Byte EP.131

August 26, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

I’ve talked about the Ashley Madison breach before, but the news keeps coming. Today’s video covers, tragic suicides, new attack details, a CTO hacker, and criminals extorting the victims. Watch below to get the latest updates.

(Episode Runtime: 3:46)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IemvDUxe7Wo

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Two suicides allegedly associated with AM breach – Ars Technica
  • Biderman email leaks suggest AM CTO hacked competitors – Krebs on Security
  • Four class action suits against AM in the US – Motherboard
  • Attackers extorting AM hack victims for 1 BTC – TechCrunch
  • Research cracks 4000 AM passwords (despite bcrypt) – Motherboard
  • Canadian fed investigates AM for privacy issues – Motherboard
  • AM hacked played “Thunderstruck” on victim computers – Business Insider
  • Toronto police investigating AM breach and offering reward – Motherboard
  • Eccentric John McAfee claims AM hack is the work of lone female ex-employee – IBTimes
  • Krebs and his researchers also think they’ve found the hacker – Krebs on Security

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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