AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" Served as Soundtrack to Ashley Madison Hack
Published: August 25, 2015
On July 12, employees of the infidelity-oriented website Ashley Madison were thunderstruck when they logged onto their computers to discover that the company had been hacked. Now, it has been revealed that the hackers gave their break-in its own special soundtrack: "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC.
That song was apparently cued up automatically when workers at Ashley Madison's parent company Avid Life Media logged in and read a message from their hackers. The song's lyrics describe getting caught on the railroad tracks after a wild night with some exotic dancers. (To take the metaphor one step...