Love, hate and hackers: PlentyofFish boss stews after personal files stolen

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/love-hate-and-hackers-plentyoffish-boss-stews-after-personal-files-stolen-20110201-1ac22.html

By Asher Moses
Sydney Morning Herald
February 1, 2011

It's one of the world's largest dating sites but its owner has just 
discovered the relationship from hell.

PlentyofFish.com founder Markus Frind claims his site has been hacked 
and he has been blackmailed. But the accused hacker, Chris Russo, says 
it was merely a way of exposing bad security of personal information on 
a dating site with almost 30 million global users, including about 
350,000 monthly visitors in Australia.

It is not clear if Markus Frind has gone to police about the attack, 
which Russo conducted after creating an account using his real name, but 
Frind said he had contacted the 23-year-old Argentinian hacker's mother 
- though why is unclear.

Frind wrote a long blog post in which he claims Russo initially tried to 
blame the hack on Russian gangsters, who had taken over his computer and 
wanted to "kill" him. Frind said Russo later demanded he pay him and a 
partner hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for security advice.

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