http://www.computerworld.com/article/2925849/malware-cybercrime/full-adult-friend-finder-database-offered-up-for-17k-worth-of-bitcoins.html
By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
May 24, 2015
An unredacted version of a database said to be stolen from Adult Friend
Finder is being offered for sale for 70 bitcoins, or around $17,000.
ROR[RG], the nickname of the person who claims to have breached the large
online hookup site, wrote on Saturday in an underground forum that "I have
had so many people ask me to buy the db today."
Seeking to capitalize on the momentum, ROR[RG] -- who claims to live in
Thailand -- also offered to break into any company or website for 750
bitcoins, worth about $170,000.
Fifteen files of data purported to come from Adult Friend Finder were
posted to an underground forum in March. The files contained 3.9 million
email addresses and in some cases the partner preference, gender, birth
date, state, post code, language preference and IP address of users.
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