Millions of members of a website
set up for cheating spouses are waiting to hear whether their infidelity will
be exposed by hackers. The Ashley Madison website promises its 37million
members worldwide – including 1.2million in the UK – complete ‘anonymity’ and
has the motto: ‘Life is short. Have an affair.’
set up for cheating spouses are waiting to hear whether their infidelity will
be exposed by hackers. The Ashley Madison website promises its 37million
members worldwide – including 1.2million in the UK – complete ‘anonymity’ and
has the motto: ‘Life is short. Have an affair.’
But a group calling themselves the
‘Impact Team’ have threatened to publish names, credit card details and ‘secret
sexual fantasies’ of all members.
‘Impact Team’ have threatened to publish names, credit card details and ‘secret
sexual fantasies’ of all members.
They believe the website wrecks
marriages and have told owners they will start publishing intimate details
about users unless the site, known as the ‘Google of cheating’, is shut down.
marriages and have told owners they will start publishing intimate details
about users unless the site, known as the ‘Google of cheating’, is shut down.
Impact Team say Ashley Madison
members should not have anonymity because they are ‘cheating dirtbags and
deserve no such discretion.’
members should not have anonymity because they are ‘cheating dirtbags and
deserve no such discretion.’
One British user, called Natalie,
is one of the 1.2million scared her husband will discover her infidelity. She
says that she started using the site during a ‘rocky patch’ in her marriage, but
has not logged since 2011.
is one of the 1.2million scared her husband will discover her infidelity. She
says that she started using the site during a ‘rocky patch’ in her marriage, but
has not logged since 2011.
She told The Sun: ‘Things with my
husband improved and I haven’t logged in to the website in years. Now I feel
sick to my stomach that my past could come back to haunt me’.
husband improved and I haven’t logged in to the website in years. Now I feel
sick to my stomach that my past could come back to haunt me’.
Experts have warned the stolen
data could be sold on to criminal gangs or used to blackmail members.
data could be sold on to criminal gangs or used to blackmail members.
The cyber criminals have already
published a small amount of the information online, and say they will continue
divulging the secrets of Ashley Madison’s would-be adulterers until the service
is closed for good.
published a small amount of the information online, and say they will continue
divulging the secrets of Ashley Madison’s would-be adulterers until the service
is closed for good.
The hackers have claimed that even
cheaters who have paid Ashley Madison to delete their information from its
files are at risk.
cheaters who have paid Ashley Madison to delete their information from its
files are at risk.
Ashley Madison believe the hacker
may have been helped by an insider.
may have been helped by an insider.
The anti-affair group said in a
statement: ‘Avid Life Media has been instructed to take Ashley Madison and
Established Men offline permanently in all forms, or we will release all
customer records, including profiles with all the customers’ secret sexual
fantasies and matching credit card transactions, real names and addresses, and
employee documents and emails.’
statement: ‘Avid Life Media has been instructed to take Ashley Madison and
Established Men offline permanently in all forms, or we will release all
customer records, including profiles with all the customers’ secret sexual
fantasies and matching credit card transactions, real names and addresses, and
employee documents and emails.’
The website charges members £12
for what it claims is a ‘full delete’. However, the hackers said this service
was a ‘complete lie’.
for what it claims is a ‘full delete’. However, the hackers said this service
was a ‘complete lie’.
‘Users almost always pay with
credit card; their purchase details are not removed as promised, and include
real name and address, which is of course the most important information the
users want removed,’ they said.
credit card; their purchase details are not removed as promised, and include
real name and address, which is of course the most important information the
users want removed,’ they said.
It will be of note that the
so-called Impact Team have billed themselves as MORAL HACKERS who want to expose
infidelity and corruption in the WORLD.
so-called Impact Team have billed themselves as MORAL HACKERS who want to expose
infidelity and corruption in the WORLD.
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