The fallout emanating from the Ashley Madison data hack just can’t seem to end. Three weeks after hackers released upwards of 25 gigabytes of stolen company files, including identifiable customer information, former Ashley Madison CTO Raja Bhatia is now suing security researcher Brian Krebs for libel. Krebs, in case you’re unfamiliar, brought some old and private emails involving Bhatia to light just a few weeks ago.
In an article from Krebs titled “Leaked Ashley Madison emails suggest execs hacked competitors”, Krebs published emails that Bhatia sent to Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman wherein the former CTO boasted of being able to bypass the site security of, what was then, a growing and competing site called Nerve.com.
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