Hackers dump data online from cheating website Ashley Madison: reports


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 19 Aug 2015

Cyber vigilantes: The Impact Team hackers are determined to punish infidelity website users, proving the old adage "cheaters never prosper" correct.

TORONTO: Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, tech websites reported, the latest high-profile cyberattack that threatens to wreak strife in relationships across the globe. 

After threatening to release salacious details on as many as 37 million customers of the website, which uses the slogan "Life is short. Have an affair," hackers claimed to publish a huge cache of e-mail addresses and credit card data stolen in July. 

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