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KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach

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KrebsOnSecurity will likely have a decent amount of screen time in an upcoming Hulu documentary series about the 2015 megabreach at marital infidelity site Ashley Madison. While I can’t predict what the producers will do with the video interviews we shot, it’s fair to say the series will explore tantalizing new clues as to who may have been responsible for the attack. Continue reading KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach→

A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach

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It’s been seven years since the online cheating site AshleyMadison.com was hacked and highly sensitive data about its users posted online. The leak led to the public shaming and extortion of many AshleyMadison users, and to at least two suicides. To date, little is publicly known about the perpetrators or the true motivation for the attack. But a recent review of AshleyMadison mentions across Russian cybercrime forums and far-right underground websites in the months leading up to the hack revealed some previously unreported details that may deserve further scrutiny. Continue reading A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach→

Bitcoin Blackmail by Snail Mail Preys on Those with Guilty Conscience

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KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader whose friend recently received a remarkably customized extortion letter via snail mail that threatened to tell the recipient’s wife about his supposed extramarital affairs unless he paid $3,600 in bitcoin. The friend said he had nothing to hide and suspects this is part of a random but well-crafted campaign to prey on men who may have a guilty conscience. Continue reading Bitcoin Blackmail by Snail Mail Preys on Those with Guilty Conscience→