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   From: lololol@divorces.com   
      
   Hackers who stole private customer info from the extramarital   
   dating site, AshleyMadison.com just released nearly 10 gigabytes   
   of user information from the July security breach.   
      
   Wired reports that the data was dropped on the dark web.   
      
   The data dump includes customer log-ins, plus "credit card and   
   other payment transaction details" for some of the site's 40   
   million users, according to Wired.   
      
   Among some of the details released, a sampling of what some   
   Ashley Madison users were looking for. One user wrote, "looking   
   for someone who isn't happy at home or just bored and looking   
   for some excitement."   
      
   Another user was checking for someone "who wants to feel sexy   
   and hot," and claimed to be "very easy-going" and "very giving."   
      
   The original data breach was first reported by security expert   
   and blogger, Brian Krebs July 19. Krebs said at the time that   
   the hackers' primary complaint was that the company charges   
   customers $19 for a "full delete" of a user's profile, but   
   "failed to deliver on the promise." The company has denied   
   failing to respond to user delete requests.   
      
   The fee for such requests reportedly netted the company some   
   $1.7 million in revenue in 2014.   
      
   After the hack, the company began allowing users to delete their   
   profiles for free.   
      
   Ashley Madison, which claims to be "the most famous name in   
   infidelity and married dating," was planning a $200 million IPO   
   later this year when the breach took place.   
      
   Avid Life Media, the company that owns AshleyMadison.com,   
   released this statement shortly after the initial breach.   
      
   In the Wired report Tuesday, the publication quotes a statement   
   accompanying the online dump from Impact Team — the alleged   
   hackers — who say "Avid Life Media has failed to take down   
   Ashley Madison and Established Men."   
      
   “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.   
      
   It was thought that the hackers could turn the data dump into a   
   huge payday, under the right circumstances.   
      
   The site has been the target of fierce criticism for catering to   
   the extramarital proclivities of its users.   
      
   A woman who once worked for the hookup site explained what it   
   was like — at one point calling it "one of the best companies"   
   she's been part of, but noting that there were "many sites   
   dedicated to bringing [it] down," and saying the company would   
   "receive death threats constantly."   
      
   She claimed the threats typically came from two types of people:   
   "Wives who caught their husbands using the site OR just random   
   religious crazies."   
      
   Comments:   
      
   How long until we get to see? on Aug 18, 8:40 PM said:   
   I am probably not venturing into whatever the dark web is but am   
   interested in how many Bob Jones and Lisa Smiths there are in   
   the world   
      
   Bespectacled Semiotician on Aug 18, 9:03 PM said:   
   @How long until we get to see?: Don't worry.   
      
   Addresses and credit card details are included so that you can   
   find the one you are looking for.   
      
   Depression on Aug 18, 8:48 PM said:   
   Today divorce lawyers everywhere are rejoicing ......   
      
   This will probably be some sort of holiday that they will look   
   back on and remember fondly ...   
      
   The original Observer on Aug 18, 8:55 PM said:   
   I'm betting we'll be seeing ambulance chasing lawyer ads on TV   
   soon..."Have you been a member of AshleyMadison.com and had your   
   personal data stolen? If so, you may be due a large cash   
   settlement."   
      
   If AshleyMadison.com won't voluntarily close their doors as the   
   hackers demanded, maybe a nice class action suit will do the   
   trick.   
      
   happybender on Aug 18, 9:12 PM said:   
   @The original Observer: The site is worth negative $150B now.   
      
   tmgotech on Aug 18, 9:47 PM said:   
   F**king awesome. Anyone who cheats on their spouse should be   
   embarrassed and/or exposed for the frauds they are!!! Karma   
   really IS a biatch.   
      
   http://www.businessinsider.com/ashleymadisoncom-hackers-release-   
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