Hackers release new Ashley Madison data targeting site's CEO and operators
by Sam Thielman from Technology | The Guardian on (#J01C)
Second, larger cache of data includes emails from CEO Noel Biderman and source code for the website and apps, days after initial release of user information
Hackers dropped a second, even larger cache of data from extramarital dating service Ashley Madison on Thursday, apparently annoyed by a statement on Wednesday from the company's CEO that stopped short of confirming the authenticity of the initial data release.
The new data, from a group calling itself the Impact Team, appeared to be bad news for the site's operators rather than its users: files were filled with emails from CEO Noel Biderman, as well as source code for the site and its apps. Impact Team released a terse statement signed: "Hey Noel, you can admit it's real now."
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