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   Illinois and local authorities are investigating whether public   
   employees used government email accounts to access Ashley   
   Madison, the dating website for cheating spouses whose database   
   was reportedly hacked and posted online.   
      
   Gov. Bruce Rauner's office and Lake County officials separately   
   confirmed Thursday that the leaked data of purported Ashley   
   Madison users — whose authenticity has not been verified —   
   appear to include six state of Illinois email addresses and one   
   Lake County email address.   
      
   "Of the six (state of Illinois) email addresses connected to the   
   data breach, two are associated with people who no longer work   
   for the state," Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly wrote in an   
   email. "The administration has started an investigation to see   
   if any agency policies were violated, and the agencies will take   
   appropriate action. State agencies discourage using state emails   
   for non-governmental purposes."   
      
   In Lake County, spokeswoman Jennie Vana said via email: "Our   
   (information technology) security person is looking into this.   
   I'm told it will take at least a day to review our database. So,   
   we are investigating."   
      
   This week, a group of hackers calling itself the Impact Team   
   published what it claims is account information for tens of   
   millions of Ashley Madison users after earlier announcing it had   
   retrieved the data by breaching the site's security.   
      
   Online security experts have said the leaked information, which   
   includes names, street addresses, partial credit card numbers,   
   and even height and weight, appears to be from the Ashley   
   Madison site.   
      
   However, there is no independent confirmation that the leaked   
   information is accurate. The email addresses may have been   
   entered by impostors, officials said, so they were trying to   
   confirm whether the email addresses matched actual users.   
      
   Since many workers juggle work and personal responsibilities,   
   sometimes working from home or on their mobile devices,   
   officials said that compliance with policies that ban personal   
   use of government property becomes a question of how extensive   
   or severe the use is found to be.   
      
   rmccoppin@tribpub.com   
      
   Twitter @RobertMcCoppin   
      
   http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-ashley-   
   madison-hack-chicago-met-20150820-story.html   
      
          
      
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