A new documentary series on the Ashley Madison breach launches on Hulu tomorrow (July 7) in the US and on Disney+ in the UK. I might have an appearance or two :)

Having now watched the series, I can say it's well done, and I actually learned some stuff about the hack that I didn't know. I'm grateful they included as much as they did about what we discovered in re the "who" of the hack. But they left me a lot to explore in a blog post or posts, so that's good, I guess.

Still, I'm nagged by the feeling that this series will result in a lot more people signing up for Ashley Madison, despite the palpable loathing for the AM execs exhibited by many interviewed.

@briankrebs what’s your fav hacking/cyber movie?
@defcon Besides War Games? Probably Sneakers. Both depict hacking for what it often mostly is: Hacking humans, a fair amount of boring research/trial and error, and social engineering.
@briankrebs Found tonight’s film - Sneakers. Thanks!

@briankrebs Meanwhile, mainstream media has done almost no followup on the Dolly Madison hack. Protecting their sponsors I guess.

https://knudsensnews.blogspot.com/2015/08/leaked-dolly-madison-data-shocks-health_21.html

Leaked Dolly Madison Data Shocks Health and Fitness Community.....

Columbus, OH- Having infiltrated the computer files of Dolly Madison, a U.S. bakery famous for its Zingers brand snack cakes that closed in ...

@briankrebs was there ever a documentary on the HB Gary fiasco?
@briankrebs I thought the big problem the hack exposed for Ashley Madison was how much of a sausage-fest it was, the bulk of the female accounts being bots?
@prw No, we learned that back in 2012, when Maggie O'Neil published screenshots shared by a former employee whose remote access had never been revoked. That guy is the subject of the blog post I'm working on now, and he was mentioned throughout the documentary. He's the one Ashley Madison's CEO referenced (indirectly) the day they found out they were hacked.

@prw @briankrebs

Also news at the time was the large number of .gov and .mail email addresses from idiots who didn’t know how to set up burner email addresses.

@briankrebs I had no idea the site (service?) still existed. I kind of assumed that it went away after the hack.