‘Super hacking’ group which exposed Ashley Madison users’ details could smash social media giants
Hacktivist collective The Impact Team could be targeting Twitter and other giant sites
THE powerful hacking group which ripped open adultery site Ashley Madison’s database could do the same to Twitter and Facebook.
Cyber crime experts believe the social media giant’s formidable security system would be no match for the hacktivist collective The Impact Team.
Dubbed a ‘super hacker’ group, the team exposed the details of millions of bed-hopping marriage wreckers when they blasted open Ashley Madison’s vulnerable defences last year.
Now ‘white hat hacker’ Jason Zabete, who is helping beef up the Canadian dating company’s cyber security, says even the biggest sites can be exposed.
He said: “All systems have weaknesses, even the biggest social networking sites.”
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Cyber crime investigator James Cox spoke with the Impact Team and confirmed they plan to give other companies the Madison-treatment.
He said: “I asked The Impact Team whether they are going to hit any other companies. And they said, essentially, ‘sure’.
“As more of our lives get intertwined with the digital world, hacking is only going to increase.”
“The Impact Team said that when they hacked Ashley Madison no one was watching, in that there were very few security barriers getting into the network.
“They also said it was possible to hop from different parts of the network with a simple password.”
A new Channel 4 documentary, Sex, Lies and Cyber Attacks, centres on British hacking experts.
Hacker House founder Jennifer Arcuri says cyber punks see large companies as big targets.
She said: “A lot of big hacktivists, this is what they go for. They try to expose big corporate companies.”
The Channel 4 doc will screen next Wednesday at 10pm.
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