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Old 08-27-2015, 10:02 AM  
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I think the larger question is if this is the nail on their coffin.

The media blitz has brought more traffic to their sites, but mostly bounces from what I've heard.

If the ratio is widely publicized will this be the end for AM or is there always another mark ready to sign up?

I have several friends that work there, so I hope they survive.
The list of data breaches that resulted in user data release of both Adult and Main stream companies is long. Few hit the media as hard as AM. Of those that have hit the media this hard I can think of less than 1% that go under.

Examples (limited to mainstream) you can search gfy if you want to see some of the adult ones.. off top of my head I can think of about 5 this year alone...

iCloud - celebgate - Chris you still rocking your Iphone connected to iCloud?
Drop box - more than once
Adobe - more than once
gmail - more than once
paypal - more than once even just today : PayPal Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Steal All Your Money
target - CC data
home depot - CC data
hotmail/outlook
yahoo
ebay
godaddy
ICANN - still under attack right now..
Android - google pay and google play
Itunes accounts
Github
Sony
Play station
web.com - Aug 19 93,000 CC data release
facebook Aug 14 user location data
facebook Aug 13 user account hack
Twitter
Snapchat


A number of major banks, trust companies, gov departments, hosting companies, domain reg companies, airlines,.. Square - payment solution earlier this month..

Last edited by PAR; 08-27-2015 at 10:03 AM.. Reason: quoted wrong person
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