Hackers recently posted the names, addresses, partial credit card numbers and email addresses of the large majority of almost 40 million users of the Ashley Madison website. The Ashley Madison website acts as a center for individuals seeking to cheat on their spouses to meet other individuals who seek to cheat on their spouses through the internet. The Ashley Madison website was hacked by a group called the Impact Team. They claim to publish personal information on the “cheating dirtbags” who use Ashley Madison and “deserve no such discretion.” The Ashely Madison website states “life is short, have an affair.” It invites new users to join its millions of “anonymous members.” There is an airbrushed image of a woman on its website whose eyes are hidden and finger is pressed to her lips indicating that no one will find out your information. The woman has a gold wedding ring on her finger. The website claims the material on their website is 100% discreet.
AshleyMadison.com is owned by Avid Life Media. They have recently put out a statement stating “the criminal, or criminals, involved in this act have appointed themselves as the moral judge, juror and executioner, seeing fit to impose a personal notion of virtue on all of society. We will not sit idly by and allow these thieves to force their personal ideology on citizens around the world.”
Spouses today can go on the internet and find out if their partner’s name and information was listed on the Ashley Madison website seeking to cheat. This has caused an increase of calls to divorce lawyers. Spouses now can simply go online and see if their spouse has been seeking to cheat on them. This has caused an increase in inquiries to divorce law firms and it is expected to cause many divorces.
Conclusion
The largest cheaters website has now had its lid blown open and almost 40 million people may be subject to difficult questions and discussions with their spouses. Most people assume the material they place on the internet is secure. Obviously this is not true!
