Ashley Madison Hackers Release Stolen User Data

The hackers who broke into AshleyMadison.com’s confidential user data have finally posted this information online. Ashley Madison.com, a dating website for cheaters, is owned by the private online dating company Avid Life Media.
According to an article on Wired:

A data dump 9.7 gigabytes in size was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using an Onion address accessible only through the Tor browser. The files appear to include member account details and log-ins for the social networking site, touted as the premier site for married individuals seeking partners for affairs. Credit card and other payment transaction details are also part of the dump. AshleyMadison.com claimed to have nearly 40 million users at the time of the breach about a month ago, all apparently in the market for clandestine hookups.
 
[…] The data released by the hackers includes names, addresses and phone numbers submitted by users of the site, though it’s unclear if members provided legitimate details. A sampling of the data indicates that users likely provided random numbers and addresses.

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