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AdultFriendFinder Finds Unwanted Hacker Attention, Virus

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Mark Melin
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AdultFriendFinder, as web site dedicated to paring two cheating hearts, appears to have put its users in a compromising position.

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A hacker attempting to extort the web site’s owner of $100,000 appears to have discovered that the web site owner has limits on how far it will go to protect its user base of those seeking extramarital affairs and refused to pay. This prompted the blackmailer to leak details of the website’s 3.9 million users and now the users may be subject to contracting a computer virus.

AdultFriendFinder finds that discretion is not in the cards as hackers leak embarrassing user data after site fails to pay ransom

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.