So You've Had Your Email Address Leaked in the Ashley Madison Hack
LatestOn Tuesday, a hacking group known as Impact Team finally made good on their promise to leak 9.7 GB of Ashley Madison user data to the public. The data includes millions of names, addresses, credit card numbers and profile information of registered users of the website designed for married dudes (and ladies) who are looking to step out on their spouses.
The group posted that because parent company Avid Life Media had failed to take down Ashley Madison and Established Men as previously demanded, it had decided to leak the data as revenge:
We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM and their members. Now everyone gets to see their data.
Find someone you know in here? Keep in mind the site is a scam with thousands of fake female profiles. See ashley madison fake profile lawsuit; 90-95% of actual users are male. Chances are your man signed up on the world’s biggest affair site, but never had one. He just tried to. If that distinction matters.
Find yourself in here? It was ALM that failed you and lied to you. Prosecute them and claim damages. Then move on with your life. Learn your lesson and make amends. Embarrassing now, but you’ll get over it.
Sure, time heals all wounds/finalizes all divorces, blah blah. But I bet you don’t have a lot of long-game patience if you’re one of the unlucky subjects of the hack. If that’s you, determining your immediate game plan depends a lot on your professional and personal goals. Let’s break it down.
Are you a journalist?
Oh baby, this is the dream. First of all, we haven’t yet seen the think piece from the angle of “I was outed in the Ashley Madison leak and my marriage has never been stronger,” so I would encourage you to write and publish that post haste.