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Ashley Madison Is Still Not Safe For Cheaters

December 07, 2017
Ashley Madison Is Still Not Safe For Cheaters
Ashley Madison Data Breach Victims To Receive $11.2 Million
Security & Fraud // July 17, 2017

Two years after its tumultuous and massive data breach exposing millions of its users’ data to the public, the controversial Ashley Madison site — which sets up married or people in committed relationships with others looking for sexual encounters — has finally reached a settlement. Exposing...

Ashley Madison Rebuilds Trust After Data Breach
Security & Fraud // December 01, 2016

Adultery on-demand site Ashley Madison has had a lot of cleaning up to do since a hack in July of last year. Last summer, hackers breached Ashley Madison and made off with 33 million accounts worth of usernames, personal and corporate emails and passwords, member profiles,...

FTC Probes Ashley Madison Over Breach
Security & Fraud // July 06, 2016

Avid Life Media (ALM), the parent company of infidelity dating site Ashley Madison, is being investigated by the FTC, according to a Reuters report citing anonymous sources. In June 2015, a hacker group called the “Impact Team” broke into Ashley Madison’s back end and stole user data....

Amazon/GoDaddy Named In Ashley Madison Data Lawsuit
International // September 08, 2015

The Ashley Madison hacking scandal has now brought two marquee names (though admittedly of a different stripe) into the fray. The United Kingdom site The Register reported Monday (Sept. 7) that the two sites are being sued by three Ashley Madison customers for handling data that...

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Ashley Madison Is Still Not Safe For Cheaters

December 07, 2017
Remember that time that a string of celebrities had their private nude images published online? It could happen again, according to cybersecurity firm Kromtech — and this time with regular people. According to Forbes, Kromtech found that Ashley Madison, a dating site where adulterous spouses can connect with other married people looking for some extramarital action, […]

Ashley Madison Rebuilds Trust After Data Breach

December 01, 2016
Adultery on-demand site Ashley Madison has had a lot of cleaning up to do since a hack in July of last year. Last summer, hackers breached Ashley Madison and made off...

FTC Probes Ashley Madison Over Breach

July 06, 2016
Avid Life Media (ALM), the parent company of infidelity dating site Ashley Madison, is being investigated by the FTC, according to a Reuters report citing anonymous sources. In June 2015, a...

Amazon/GoDaddy Named In Ashley Madison Data Lawsuit

September 08, 2015
The Ashley Madison hacking scandal has now brought two marquee names (though admittedly of a different stripe) into the fray. The United Kingdom site The Register reported Monday (Sept. 7) that...