Ashley Madison Case Summary

What: 43 million records which include usernames, hashed passwords, email addresses and also ad-related data of users were hacked

The case was brought to DCFS attention when a reporter stated on 7/11/17, OPWI attempted to obtain an emergency order of protection on behalf of Kiara (age 7). Reportedly Ashley (mother) is actively using METH and also methodone she gets from a clinic, and is also involved in prostitution. Ashley told OPWI that Ashley ''can't wait outside for the bus to go to drug court because she's done bad things to people (robbed people, committed home invasion, taken people's money and drugs) and these people are after her.'' Reporter states that one of these people came to OPWI's house looking for Ashley and scared Kiara. Ashley recently got out of jail, stayed with OPWI for a couple of days, left last Friday telling Kiara she would be back in a couple of hours, didn't return

When I heard about the Ashley Madison scandal I thought that shutting down the site would have been a bad idea. I think there are a lot of sites out there that get threatened on a regular basis and it turns out to just be a hoax. It would be hard to shut down your website with the possibility of it also being a hoax. If Ashley Madison had a privacy agreement that the members signed when they joined the site then I think that Ashley Madison should have to compensate the members in some way. I’m assuming a lot of lawsuits came out of all of this so I figure that compensation in a lawsuit would be enough.

The Target Corporation was exploited in December 2013 and then again in 2015. These breaches included customer’s personal identifying information and retailer’s data. This credit card data breach is a prime example of weak security and infrastructure. This breach happened over the course of one of the United States’ major holiday seasons, Christmas. The security issue involved hackers accessing Target’s customer 's credit and debit cards by the machines that were being used to swipe the cards. These hackers accessed Target’s network with a stolen username and password from a company that was providing refrigeration and HVAC services. This company could access Target’s network `remotely to monitor energy consumption and temperatures. With that, the hackers uploaded malware software on the Target’s credit card machines. The customer data hack happened across the nation, and it was performed in stores and not an online breach of Target customer information.

This case study, written in 2009 is not the only case where a major data breach has occurred within organizations. In the late 2011 Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) was breached impacting up to 77 million user’s accounts including data on names, address and possibly credit card details. In late 2013 Target had a cyber-attack that compromised a large quantity of its data and had 110 million accounts compromised. Finally in September 2014 Apple had their iCloud server breached by hacking that compromised all the users of the online server. These occurrences still have some unanswered questions and several experts have yet to decipher the actual reason as to why the security breach occurred.

Every bit of data helps criminals develop more tactics for either impersonating victims or luring them to give up more sensitive information.. The Target breach ranks as one of the most profound of our time. The scandal has triggered at least two class action lawsuits, drawn state investigations, and damaged Target’s bottom line. The company cut its fourth quarter

It was estimated that there were over two million computer misuse offences, 2.47 million incidents of bank and credit account fraud and about 0.65 million of offences related to ‘unauthorised access to personal account’ such as email hacking. Overall, there had been more than 5.8 million cybercrime incidents in the previous year.

America hacking epidemic. Hacking in America is becoming a bigger and bigger problem every day. Hackers/cyber criminals have actually hacked into the Pentagon, State Department, and the White House. They have stolen the personal data of an estimated one half of Americans in attacks on banks and tech companies like yahoo and provided WikiLeaks with the personal emails of democratic party officials, as well as generals and former secretaries of state. Hackers are breaking into illegal and personal information that isn't entitled to them. Being able to get into secret and personal information may not seem as bad as it sounds, but it can get you into serious trouble even just with the little things.

Without treatment, Ashley's disorder will worsen over time and possibly cause death (Davis et al., 2014). Although Ashley's treatment will be vigorous work, she is cooperative and wants to comply, so her recovery will be successful. Not to mention, her parents are attempting to make amends for causing Ashley childhood to be difficult, so they are going to be over supportive of Ashley's recovery. Ashley has good judgment and insight, but when it involves insight into the medical problems caused by her low weight she is unaware. If she has nutritional counseling, Ashley will understand the importance of eating proper nutrition. Also, nutritional counseling will explain why she struggles to concentrate and feels wiped out. Ashley might discontinue

On July 2015 the Obama administration revealed that a significant cyber attack affected government computer systems. The Obama administration admitted that more than 20 million government workers were affected by the cyber attack. During the cyber attack hackers were able to gain access to personal information that included Social Security numbers and fingerprints. Besides gaining access to Social Security numbers and fingerprints the hackers were also able to steal home addresses, financial history, and other sensitive information. This cyber attack alone affected 19 million government workers and over 1 million spouses. The administration indicated that the cyber attack was separate but related to another cyber attack that

In the article “CEO steps down in wake of Ashley Madison hack” on website www.cbsnews.com the author Paula Cohen states that Noel Biderman walked away from the Ashley Madison Company. The company thought it was best if he left the company since at the time of the hacking je was the face of the company. The hackers had a list of demands that they wanted be the company turned them down, then the hackers started giving out the personal information of the members.

On Monday, parent firm Avid Life Media said hundreds of thousands of new users subscribed to cheating website Ashley Madison last week. The company also addressed “date bait” issues thrown against it and said the site had real female users, according to Reuters.

The first one being, the entire business of having a website for people to have affairs on. Although it is legal to cheat in a relationship, it is morally wrong, marry or not to have an affair because it says immoral things about your emotional traits and affects your family and social circle. The last portion of this story that is not surprising is the website is mostly made up of men, so there are many fake women profiles. Thus many men are not finding a real person to have an affair with. However, it is legal for Ashley Madison to this because they are bending the truth and have a disclaimer in the terms of service to protect them from legal action. They don’t guarantee you will find a date and you acknowledge and agree that some of the profiles posted on the site may fictitious. The reason why I put this topic in this category, is if you’re going to promote having affair, why isn’t the company all in on it. It seems like they are just exploiting people in bad relationships and feeding off their emotions.

The worst impact of the Ashley Madison breach will surely be personal: while incredibly common, cheating also upends people’s lives and can lead to personal and professional ruin. Hopefully it leads companies to adopt better privacy and security practices — Ashley Madison, for all its boasting, made several crucial errors in attempting to keep members’

This data breach is also bad news for users who payed $19 for their accounts to be removed long before