15,000 government emails revealed in Ashley Madison leak

The Hill ^ | 08/19/2015 | Cory Bennett

[Artemis Webb]

There is no downside to this!!!!

[Fawn]

So.....where’s a link to the names? :)

[Sgt_Schultze]

Well that would be something to talk about.

Here's looking for a Jeremy Boorda moment

[Artemis Webb]

It might not be a big deal to you. But I guarantee it’s a big deal to all the people on that list.

[demshateGod]

Where are the names? Where was the data dumped?

[Jane Long]

So.....where’s a link to the names? :)

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Not sure. Check Drudge. I think he has (several) links, in red.

[The Great RJ]

I bet Bill Clinton has a VIP account with Ashley Madison

[Drew68]

A problem with Ashley Madison was that valid emails accounts weren't required to sign up. You could sign up with a fake email account --or someone else's email account.

I have no doubt there are email accounts in this hack linked to people who have never heard of, much less visited Ashley Madison.

[Old Yeller]

By its nature, government jobs attract the lowest form of humans.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Great drinking party game, play who do you know. If you search someone and find them make the others take a drink, if not you do.

[P.O.E.]

There was one up earlier, but it kept coming back “Resource Limited” (guess it was getting overwhelmed).

[nascarnation]

Didn’t AM send out a message to the email account requiring a web link click to verify? It seems like every internet message board I’m on does that to try and avoid spammers.

[PROCON]

I’ll bet demonrats “men seeking men” users are a majority.

[tanknetter]

The .gov email addresses aren’t even the most fascinating part of this.

The most fascinating part of this is that the gamergate folks are tearing this data apart to go after the SJWs. Article in WaPo this morning decried that, saying that the SJW’s were the victims, and being cyberbullied.

[Major Matt Mason]

D.C. has become (or probably has been for a long time) an absolute cesspool. The swamp doesn't need to be drained, it needs to be nuked from orbit.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I believe they got credit card information, too.

Can't spoof that.

[Drew68]

Didn’t AM send out a message to the email account requiring a web link click to verify? It seems like every internet message board I’m on does that to try and avoid spammers.

Yes, it seems every internet message board requires email verification, but not Ashley Madison. At least not according to Wired:

"It’s important to note that Ashley Madison’s sign-up process does not require verification of an email address to set up an account, so legitimate addresses might have been hijacked and used by some members of the site. One email in the data dump, for example, appears to belong to former UK Prime Minister (Tony Blair)."

[Rio]

Carlos Danger?

[Drew68]

I believe they got credit card information, too. Can't spoof that.

Yes, but how many of those 32 million email accounts were paying customers? I don't know about Ashley Madison but a lot of dating sites will let you sign up for free, "SIGN UP FOR FREE!" is in the banner ad they use, but you have to shell out credit card info to actually use the site past the introductory page.

[nascarnation]

Interesting, thanks, wow that makes it a real wild card deal.