The Hack
It all began when hackers calling themselves the Impact Team gained access to the sites data and demanded payment and that the site be shut down along with others owned by the parent company or they would release the data. After refusing to give into the demands the data was released with the company confirming the authenticity of the data. A second data dump released days later with more details and emails about Ashley Madison itself.
The Data
With the data freely available many have searched it with interesting discoveries being made revealing users in government along with reality TV celebrity profiles. While looking at the data, statistics show men vastly outnumbered women on the site, it's believed many of the female accounts were faked or never used. Others have gone further cracking passwords showing the most commonly used but it was the data from the company itself that was most shocking showing CEO Noel Biderman hacked another dating site before being hacked.
The Response
Since the release of the data Ashley Madison has responded with a bounty for the hackers to the value of $377,000. However, this amount pales in comparison to the $578 million lawsuit filed against Ashley Madison parent company Avoid Life Media along with others for court cases for emotional distress. Outside of the financial consequences it was reported that there have apparently been two suicides associated with the breach.
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