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Little Star

(17,055 posts) Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:04 AM Aug 2015

Boston City Hall Emails Found in Ashley Madison Leak...

Municipal emails across the Commonwealth are now caught up in the hacking of an infidelity site.

Having an affair is risky, using an email account that is subject to public records laws to engage in that affair is even riskier.

A recent major hack revealed at least five Boston City Hall email accounts were used to set up accounts on AshleyMadison.com, a website that promises to connect users with other married folk to engage in affairs.

In addition to the Boston City Hall emails, one user with a Boston Police Department email domain was also found in recently released data from the hack.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2015/08/19/boston-city-hall-ashley-madison-hack/

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Boston City Hall Emails Found in Ashley Madison Leak... (Original Post) Little Star Aug 2015 OP

It's like parking your car on the street in front of the whorehouse nt nichomachus Aug 2015 #1

I heard that the email addys were not verified. IOW, when you sign up at most sites, merrily Aug 2015 #2

Whoops. Agschmid Sep 2015 #3

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

1. It's like parking your car on the street in front of the whorehouse nt

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Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:22 AM

Aug 2015

merrily

(45,251 posts)

2. I heard that the email addys were not verified. IOW, when you sign up at most sites,

Reply to Little Star (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:04 AM

Aug 2015

you can activate only if you receive an email from the site and follow directions in the email, but that was not true of Ashley Madison. So, you could use someone else's email address, if you are that type of person.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

3. Whoops.

Reply to Little Star (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 09:40 AM

Sep 2015

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