Security blogger Brian Krebs is among those hot on the trail, and he "may have a new lead," according to the New York Times.
On Wednesday, Brian Krebs, the well-known security blogger posited a new theory about who may have hacked the site, which helps arrange extramarital affairs. Mr. Krebs zeroed in on a Twitter user named Thadeus Zu (@deuszu), who posted a link to Ashley Madison's stolen, proprietary source code before the information was made public this month.
Some apparent problems with this hypothesis have already been noted, but the operator of the @deuszu account is doing his or her best to look guilty.
I want @briankrebs to come forward and lay it down on my fucking face. Bring all that evidence and proof and we can have a public dialogue.
— Thadeus Zu (@deuszu) August 27, 2015
Bring on it on @briankrebs.
— Thadeus Zu (@deuszu) August 27, 2015
THIS ENDS HERE.
— Thadeus Zu (@deuszu) August 27, 2015
I am looking forward to dragging @briankrebs to court, amigo.
— Thadeus Zu (@deuszu) August 27, 2015
RT @deuszu: I am looking forward to dragging @briankrebs to court, amigo. < Do that, genius. You have to actually, you know, show up.
— briankrebs (@briankrebs) August 27, 2015
Reminder: the site was probably just a scam with only a handful of legitimate female participants. Little can be implied about its users beyond stupidity.
