http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/rentahacker-site-leaks-australian-buyers-names-and-addresses-20150529-ghca3f.html
By Liam Tung and Ben Grubb
The Age
May 29, 2015
The cat's out of the bag for about 60 Australians who thought they could
anonymously rent a hacker from a website to do their dirty work.
If you've used the hacker-for-hire site Hacker's List to contract out a
hack job then your name, address and the reasons why you sought a hacker
are now available on the web, potentially exposing you to legal action.
Hacker's List launched last November with the assurance that "only you and
your hacker for hire know the details of your project". A New York Times
report in January highlighted that people across the world, from Sweden to
Australia, were using it to anonymously request hacker services. Some jobs
were legal, others were clearly not, such as one from an Australian who
wanted to hack a business rival's customer database.
Would-be buyers appear to have assumed that job descriptions they gave on
the site couldn't be linked to information that would reveal their
identity. But last week security researcher Jonathan Mayer discovered the
site was in fact leaking information that linked buyers' names and
addresses to job descriptions, which may ultimately reveal who they are
and their motivation for seeking a hacker. It's also culminated in a
potentially embarrassing list that should make anyone think twice before
hiring a hacker online.
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