SEO expert hired and fired by Ashley Madison turned on company promising revenge

[majikaja]

Why does Ashley Madison need to make fake profiles? Are there not enough women who want sugar relationships in the US?

edit: why the downvote? In Japan it's the opposite situation.

[raincom]

Not just Ashley Madison, every dating/relationship site is full of fake female profiles. Why? Of course, to force guys to pay in order to respond to winks by these these fake females. There is an old muslim matrimony site based in UK, it is full of fake profiles, they just want to force guys to pay subscription fees in order to respond. Once guys buy subscriptions, these women don't respond.

[hardware2win]

>why the downvote? In Japan it's the opposite situation.

Cultural differences maybe.

Isnt US country of independence and freedom, so the thought of a need of sugar daddy is crazy for them?

[bonestamp2]

Has this story ever been turned into a dramatic TV series or film? Or maybe a thriller, or even a comedy (based on how bad this guy is at being a criminal)?

[gumby]

Literally the very first text of the article is "[This is Part II of a story published here last week on reporting that went into a new Hulu documentary series on the 2015 Ashley Madison hack.]".

[HWR_14]

Hulu just released an Ashley Madison series. So, yes.

[clearleaf]

The title of this is a good example of a garden path sentence.

[archduck]

"SEO Expert Hired and Fired By Ashley Madison Turned on"

Hehe. Good catch. I doubt the use of "turned on" was intended to be funny here, given the source, but it sure does read like a satirical news headline.

[francisofascii]

> It is evident that Harrison was Biderman’s top suspect immediately after the breach became public

Would an SEO expert really be given access to internal tools necessary to pull of this data breach?

[programzeta]

It’s been my experience that without regulatory heat it takes a massive, embarrassing mistake to get traction on internal tool lockdowns and security.

[sharts]

Who knew krebsonsecurity wrote so much fluff. Like get to the point already bro.

[dang]

OK, but can you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to HN? We're trying for something different here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[breakingcups]

Not just that, the fake profiles ("decoys") also seem like basic fraud.

[deterministic]

People in all countries around the world cheat. It is not a unique American value.

[gmerc]

Any other vice is perfectly fashionable now. Especially greed. Why should this be any different.

[pinkcan]

> impactful against the users

dude, what?

People committed suicide the last time this shit happened.

Maybe redirect your outrage at the company's executives?

[kibibu]

I don't think hackers should release people's private information at all

[bsder]

> the most it did was reveal that there werent enough real women in the website and many NPCs, so enterprising sex workers signed up to fill the market void, turning the site into a success and saving the company from fraud claims.

How did this work for the sex workers? At some point, they need to bring up "getting paid" and that's not going to be a comfortable conversation given the client expectations.