PlentyofFish Hacked, Founder Emails Hacker's Mom

hellkyng writes "The online dating site PlentyofFish was hacked, and purportedly 30 million customer records were stolen. The site's founder, Markus Frind, is blaming the security researcher who discovered the vulnerability and the journalist who confirmed the issue." The researcher who reported the vulnerability is Chris Russo, one of the guys who hacked The Pirate Bay last year. He explained his side of the story as well. Mr. Frind says he tracked down Russo's Facebook page and emailed his mom.

Re:makes sense

[SIR_Taco]

What's worse, after his Mom reads the e-mail, she'll probably kick him out of the basement!

Re:Password in plaintext email

[Anonymous Coward]

And my pickiness was rewarded many times over when I found my fiancee. In my Sunday School class.

Please confirm that you weren't the teacher, and she's not a student in this class...

Your mom...

[meerling]

So an immature but technically competent jerk cracked you computers and is now trying to get your companies lunch money, metaphorically. Your response is, among other things, to tell his mom.
O_o
You know, that sounds about right.

Hyphens

[Barefoot Monkey]

I realise that this is somewhat off-topic, but it can't be a good idea to have a dating site with a domain name that reads as "plenty offish". When will people learn to use hyphens in domain names?

Re:Password in plaintext email

[religious freak]

Agreed. I've used it. And honestly I think online dating is the most efficient way to find someone you're compatible with. You have a list of people answering questions you wouldn't dare to ask them before you see them naked a few times (e.g. what religion are you, do you want to get married and/or just have fun) and you've got a whole list of them. Select your criteria, weed out the fatties and the uglies and email the rest. A couple of them respond, talk to them go on dates with a few and 'viola' - instant girlfriend and/or friend with benefits. It's beautiful. And like you said, most of the competition is just deadbeat dudes. Pretty easy to beat.

But as you also said, it's one dude's project and the interface... well, it kind of shows it. I'm not surprised they're hacked. But honestly, these dating services are generally public anyway, so if these sites are not hacked, they're definitely farmed. The way I look at it... fuck it. I'm looking for titties!

Re:should not affect slashdot crowd

[Lord Ender]

On the contrary, I recently experimented with online dating myself. In my experience, the site should actually be called "plenty of whales" though...

Re:makes sense

[pawntokingspawn]

and cancel his Warcraft subscription

Re:Password in plaintext email

[Whalou]

[...]I'd prefer a free, one-man labor of love[...]

So you don't date? :-P

Re:should not affect slashdot crowd

[EMR]

When I first saw the site, I thought it was Plenty Offish :-D

Re:Password in plaintext email

[danbert8]

You know, I've heard this repeated so many times, but I can't even get a response from girls on dating websites despite not only having a job, but a well paying job. Yes, I'm a nerd, but still. You'd think I could at least get a response... I'm going to go cry into a wad of cash now.

Re:should not affect slashdot crowd

[sumdumass]

I tried online dating once.. Let me tell you something, the online part is just to lure you into it. They expect to see you in real life,.

God I miss the good ole days when cyber actually meant phone sex over the interweb.