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   From: lololol@divorces.com   
      
   TORONTO (Reuters) - At least two people may have committed   
   suicide following the hacking of the Ashley Madison cheating   
   website that exposed the information of clients, Toronto police   
   said on Monday.   
      
   Avid Life Media Inc, the parent company of the website, is   
   offering a C$500,000 ($379,132) reward to catch the hackers,   
   police said.   
      
   In addition to the exposure of the Ashley Madison accounts of as   
   many as 37 million users, the attack on the infidelity website   
   has sparked extortion attempts and at least two unconfirmed   
   suicides, Toronto Police Acting Staff Superintendent Bryce Evans   
   told a news conference.   
      
   The data dump contained email addresses of U.S. government   
   officials, UK civil servants, and workers at European and North   
   American corporations, taking already deep-seated fears about   
   Internet security and data protection to a new level.   
      
   Police declined to provide any more details on the apparent   
   suicides, saying they received unconfirmed reports on Monday   
   morning.   
      
   "The social impact behind this (hacking) - we're talking about   
   families. We're talking about their children, we're talking   
   about their wives, we're talking about their male partners,"   
   Bryce told reporters.   
      
   "It's going to have impacts on their lives. We're now going to   
   have hate crimes that are a result of this. There are so many   
   things that are happening. The reality is ... this is not the   
   fun and games that has been portrayed."   
      
   The investigation into the hacking has broadened to include   
   international law enforcement, with the U.S. Department of   
   Homeland Security joining last week. The U.S. Federal Bureau of   
   Investigation and Canadian federal and provincial police are   
   also assisting.   
      
   He also said the hacking has spawned websites that fraudulently   
   claim to be able to protect Ashley Madison clients' data for a   
   fee.   
      
   People are also attempting to extort Ashley Madison clients by   
   threatening to send evidence of their membership directly to   
   friends, family or colleagues, Evans said.   
      
   In a sign of Ashley Madison's deepening woes following the   
   breach, lawyers last week launched a class-action lawsuit   
   seeking some $760 million in damages on behalf of Canadians   
   whose information was leaked.   
      
   Since the hack last month, Avid Life has indefinitely postponed   
   the adultery site's IPO plans.   
      
   http://news.yahoo.com/two-suicides-may-connected-ashley-madison-   
   hack-police-144526885--sector.html   
      
         
      
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