Ashley Madison
Jul 31st, 2015 by Jesper Kråkhede
It may come as no surprise that Ashley Madison has been hacked again. It is that type of site that some people find offending, hence becomes a target just because it exist. This hack was a lot more severe and they are threatened to close their site completely otherwise a lot of data about their users will be exposed. Quite ironically you have the possibility to pay for a service that deletes all your data but apparently that was lip service only.
It is interesting to look at the costs for Ashley Madison on a larger scale. If data is leaked then there will be a lot of costs for fines but also lost business. Ashley Madison had announced that it would try to raise $200 million in an initial public offering and this opportunity may now be lost. Who said that investing in security is only a fast way to lose money?