Cheating Site Ashley Madison Hacked; Hackers Threaten To Expose PII Unless Site Shut Down

hookup sites like Established Men and Cougar Life, KrebsOnSecurity reported Sunday. The company confirmed it had been hacked and was investigating the origin, nature and scope of the incident, in a statement Monday. The hackers identified themselves as the “Impact Team” and left a message instructing Avid Life Media to permanently shut down Ashley Madison and Established Men or the hackers would release the data taken from the company. “We have taken over all systems in your entire office and production domains, all customer information databases, source code repositories, financial records, emails,” Impact Team’s message said. The message singled out Avid Life Media Chief Technology Officer Trevor Stokes, who had noted in an internal document that protecting personal information was his biggest “critical success factor” and that he would “hate to see our systems hacked and/or the leak of personal information.” Impact Team welcomed Stokes to his “worst fucking nightmare.” The hackers demanded Avid Life media permanently shut down Ashley Madison and Established Men, “or we will release all customer records, including profiles with all the customers’ secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions, real names and addresses, and employee documents and emails.” Other Avid Life Media websites were allowed to stay online. Avid Life Media said it secured its sites and closed "the unauthorized access points,” and is working with law enforcement to hold any and all parties responsible.