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   From: lololol@divorces.com   
      
   Hackers have followed through on a threat to release online a   
   huge cache of data, including customer information, that was   
   stolen a month ago from cheating spouses website   
   AshleyMadison.com, several tech websites reported on Tuesday.   
      
   Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the authenticity of   
   the posting. The data was posted onto the dark web, meaning it   
   is only accessible using a specialized browser, although vast   
   lists of hundreds of email addresses including many linked to   
   corporations and universities sprouted up on other sites hours   
   after the news broke.   
      
   The hackers, who call themselves The Impact Team, leaked   
   snippets of the compromised data in July and threatened to   
   publish names and salacious details of as many as 37 million   
   customers unless Ashley Madison and EstablishedMen.com, another   
   site owned by Toronto-based parent company Avid Life Media, were   
   taken down.   
      
   While other higher-profile attacks such as those on big   
   companies, like Sony Pictures Entertainment and Target, have   
   seen credit card data of customers stolen, this attack appeared   
   to confirm that the hackers were not driven by blackmail or   
   commercial motives, but rather ideological ones.   
      
   Identifying customers on Ashley Madison, which uses the slogan   
   "Life is short. Have an affair," could have far-reaching   
   consequences for individual people.   
      
   "These guys want as much notoriety as possible. This isn't cyber   
   terrorism. It's cyber vigilantism," said Ajay K. Sood, General   
   Manager for Canada of cyber security firm FireEye Inc.   
      
   Police and intelligence sources have said it appeared to be an   
   inside job.   
      
   Still the dump was massive, according to Troy Hunt, a Microsoft   
   security expert, who said more than 1 million unique email   
   addresses were attached to payment records.   
      
   Tech website Wired said 9.7 gigabytes of data was posted, and   
   appeared to include member account and credit card details.   
      
   "Avid Life Media has failed to take down Ashley Madison and   
   Established Men," Wired quoted Impact Team as saying in a   
   statement accompanying the online dump.   
      
   "We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM (Avid   
   Life Media) and their members. Now everyone gets to see their   
   data," the hackers said, according to Wired.   
      
   Avid Life, did not immediately respond to emails and phone calls   
   seeking comment.   
      
   Toronto-based cybersecurity firm Cycura, which was hired by Avid   
   Life to investigate the attack, said it was not authorized to   
   speak on the matter.   
      
   (Reporting by Alastair Sharp and Josephine Mason; Editing by   
   Alan Crosby)   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/19/us-ashleymadison-   
   cybersecurity-idUSKCN0QN2BN20150819   
       
      
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