Hackers have threatened to leak personal information from online Extramarital affair site Ashley Madison. The hackers claim to have the details of more than 37 million cheating spouses, including nude photos and dirty fantasies of the clients.
With the tagline “life is short. have an affair”, it looks like 37 million people have some explaining to do.
Hackers, known as The Impact Team, accessed sensitive internal data stolen from Avid Life Media (ALM), a Toronto-based firm that owns Ashley Madison.
ALM released a statement following the hack attack:
“We apologise for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers’ information. The current business world has proven to be one in which no company’s online assets are safe from cyber-vandalism, with Avid Life Media being only the latest among many companies to have been attacked, despite investing in the latest privacy and security technologies.
“We have always had the confidentiality of our customers’ information foremost in our minds, and have had stringent security measures in place.”
The Impact Team released a statement of demands alongside the stolen data:
Twitter’s response about the hacks:
When I heard that hackers are threatening to expose the identities of over 30 million #AshleyMadison users. pic.twitter.com/hdXGuPbuIt
— Ethan Fixell (@EthanFixell) July 20, 2015
#AshleyMadison Hack Could Expose The Affairs Of Nation’s Political Elite ~ http://t.co/g2Ah4ZeIzb pic.twitter.com/6hiWObY6Nm
— ARC (@AnonRoughCoitus) July 20, 2015
Everyone breaking up today, I see you #ashleymadison pic.twitter.com/UFYrGsvDv0 — caitlin stasey (@caitlinstasey) July 20, 2015
Don’t care about this #AshleyMadison thing, but if the Dominos or Eat 24 websites ever get hacked, I will be soooo embarrassed. — Lon Harris (@Lons) July 20, 2015
37 million users on #AshleyMadison and “gay marriage is destroying the American family”
— Jamie Hager (@jamiehager120) July 20, 2015
Normally I’m all about respecting people’s privacy, but this hack is just too much of an epic hulk smash. #AshleyMadison
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) July 20, 2015
Looks like the folks that haven’t had any success on #AshleyMadison are finally getting fucked. #AshleyMadisonHack
— Cushman Armitage (@CushmanArmitage) July 20, 2015
My imaginary girlfriend is super pissed that I was on #AshleyMadison. Please advise.
— Shane (@sbliss89) July 20, 2015
Timely advice for those impacted by #AshleyMadison leak https://t.co/WVCRPF8UdY
— Jake McDGAF (@jakemcgraw) July 20, 2015
“You said you wanted to role play” #AshleyMadisonExcuses #AshleyMadison
— Danish Anwar (@terrorsuspect) July 20, 2015
