Reports say 10 gigabytes of data stolen by hackers of Ashley Madison site may have been released. The data was stolen last month by hackers with the name Impact Team. They threatened to reveal the data unless the match making site for married people was taken down. According to reports, the hackers managed to steal the real names and addresses of the site's users, including those who had previously paid to delete their accounts.
The data has reportedly been leaked on a dark web and can only be accessed via encrypted browsers.
Ashley Madison is a site that helps interested people cheat on the spouses discreetly. It operates in over 50 countries and has about 37 million users, more than a million live in UK.
Asides marriages been cut short due to infidelity cases, another concern is that the data gotten from the site will be used by scammers. It is indeed hard times for registered members of the site that promotes the tagline 'Life is short, have an affair'.
Bringing it home, what if your spouse happens to be one of the registered users of this site, what would you do? Share your thoughts.
Source: www.bbc.com
Photocredit: Reuters
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