HIV Dating Company Accuses Researchers of Hacking Database (csoonline.com)

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @02:25AM from the data-is-everywhere dept.

itwbennett writes: Slashdot readers will recall the story posted last week about the misconfiguration of the MongoDB database that powers Hzone, a dating app for the HIV-positive, and the ensuing threat of HIV infection the company hurled at DataBreaches.net, who sent the notification. (Hzone later apologized.) But that's not the end of the story. Among other twists and turns that point to a CEO who was in way over his head, in several emails to Dissent, the admin of DataBreaches.net, Hzone CEO Justin Robert accused Dissent of changing the Hzone user database. But follow-up emails suggest that the company couldn't tell what was accessed or when, as Robert says Hzone doesn't have 'a strong tech team to maintain the site.'

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His name isn't Justin Robert, it's Mao JianQiang by TechFurryFox · 2015-12-22 03:06 · Score: 5, Interesting

I performed a reverse on the domains when the original controversy set out. This guy isn't HIV positive, he's just a guy in China trying to make a buck off others. He also has an app called SugarD and there are many other domains he has registered in an attempt to have a successful business. The company is pretty much run by him and whatever support he may have hired, which is the reason hzoneapp doesn't have a solid technical team. Check out the self published prweb for hzone, he calls himself "Justin M, CEO." Looks like you made a slip up there with keeping your name consistent Mr. JianQiang.