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Obama administration emails found in Ashley Madison data dump
2015-08-21
[Washington Examiner] Hundreds of email addresses from the Obama White House and key federal agencies appear to have been uncovered in a leaked list of clients who use Ashley Madison, the website that encourages people to sign up for a chance to cheat on their spouse.

Hackers broke into the cheating website, and late Tuesday, Wired.com reported that information on 32 million users was posted on a "dark" website used by well-known hackers. The data includes much of the personal information of the alleged users, and one link made available breaks the data down into how many clients come from various government websites.

According to that link, thousands of members of the U.S. military appear to be clients of Ashley Madison. But there also appear to be hundreds of users from other key agencies, including the White House.

The company confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday that some of the data released was authentic, but said it never stored credit card data on its website.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  D *** NG IT, + I'm while I'm out of Spicy Popcorn!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-08-21 23:36  

#9  I read a tech article last December, if I remember correctly, where a guy brought up a machine running Ubuntu Linux with no security precautions. It was under somebody else's control within 20 minutes of connecting to an external IP address.
Posted by: Fred   2015-08-21 15:11  

#8  @#3

TW that is why you use a disposable and throw away email address.

.mil and .gov is just asking for trouble. Well, if you are a run of the mill employee. Rules are for the little people.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-08-21 14:11  

#7  A. Paul, nope he used State Cops, not e-mail.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-08-21 13:39  

#6  Slick Willie was smart. He did not use email.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-08-21 12:45  

#5  HERE is a world map of Ashley Madison clients. Hell, there are people in Alaska at Prudhoe Bay, Wainwright, Kivalina, even in the Aleutians were on the hunt. There is even one at Macquarrie Island between New Zealand and Antarctica.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-08-21 12:42  

#4  Unless your boss is 'Good old' Bill. Then its a slap on the back and a request for the phone number.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-08-21 10:33  

#3  Why the fuck would you use your .mil or .gov email for this?

So that the spouse doesn't see it. Though the boss will at some point, and is likely to be equally disapproving.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-08-21 10:19  

#2  For the same reason the Chinese, Russians, North Koreans, and pimply-faced basement dwellers end up with just about anything they want from government payrolls to plans for the F-35: They think it's secure.
Posted by: gorb   2015-08-21 10:05  

#1  Why the fuck would you use your .mil or .gov email for this?

And why the fuck isn't that traffic flagged in the filter?

Two major fucking failures right there.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-08-21 09:48  

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