[DarkKnight]

TORONTO (Reuters) - At least two people may have committed suicide following the hacking of the Ashley Madison cheating website, Toronto police said on Monday, warning of a ripple effect that includes scams and extortion of clients desperate to stop the exposure of their infidelity.

Avid Life Media Inc, the parent company of the website, is offering a C$500,000 ($379,132) reward to catch the hackers.

In addition to the exposure of the Ashley Madison accounts of as many as 37 million users, the attack on the dating website for married people has sparked extortion attempts and at least two unconfirmed suicides, Toronto Police Acting Staff Superintendent Bryce Evans told a news conference.

The data dump contained email addresses of U.S. government officials, UK civil servants, and workers at European and North American corporations, taking already deep-seated fears about Internet security and data protection to a new level.

"Your actions are illegal and will not be tolerated. This is your wake-up call," Evans said, addressing the so-called "Impact Team" hackers directly during the news conference.

"To the hacking community who engage in discussions on the dark web and who no doubt have information that could assist this investigation, we're also appealing to you to do the right thing," Evans said. "You know the Impact Team has crossed the line. Do the right thing and reach out to us."

Police declined to provide any more details on the apparent suicides, saying they received unconfirmed reports on Monday morning.

"The social impact behind this (hacking) - we're talking about families. We're talking about their children, we're talking about their wives, we're talking about their male partners," Evans told reporters.

"It's going to have impacts on their lives. We're now going to have hate crimes that are a result of this. There are so many things that are happening. The reality is ... this is not the fun and games that has been portrayed."

The investigation into the hacking has broadened to include international law enforcement, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security joining last week. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Canadian federal and provincial police are also assisting.

Evans also said the hacking has spawned online scams that fraudulently claim to be able to protect Ashley Madison clients' data for a fee.

People are also attempting to extort Ashley Madison clients by threatening to send evidence of their membership directly to friends, family or colleagues, Evans said.

In a sign of Ashley Madison's deepening woes following the breach, lawyers last week launched a class-action lawsuit seeking some $760 million in damages on behalf of Canadians whose information was leaked.

Evans said Avid Life first became aware of the breach on July 12, when several employees booted up their computers and received a message from the infiltrators accompanied by the playing of rock group AC/DC's "Thunderstruck."

The company went to police several days later, he said, while the hackers went public on July 20.

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People are so outright stupid.

[Satan]

"Your actions are illegal and will not be tolerated. This is your wake-up call"

Well, the users actions were immoral, and shouldn't be tolerated, and that was their wake-up call.


"The social impact behind this (hacking) - we're talking about families. We're talking about their children, we're talking about their wives, we're talking about their male partners,"

Male partners. Because only men used the sites.

You know what has a social impact on families, their children, their wives, husbands, etc?

Cheating.

"It's going to have impacts on their lives. We're now going to have hate crimes that are a result of this. There are so many things that are happening. The reality is ... this is not the fun and games that has been portrayed."

Hate crimes? What. the. fuck. are. you. on?
You're going to have crimes, sure. But calling the reaction to infidelity a hate crime, as though its based on someone's religious beliefs or skin colour that anyone would harm another over your partner cheating?
You're stupid as fuck, sir.

"Fun and games" bit is what gets me out of this whole sentence of his.

Because exposing thousands for being cheating liars is so fun, or a game.
Its serious business, and was done because they didn't protect the data, the company made fraudulent claims about everything, and they were scamming their clientele.

The investigation into the hacking has broadened to include international law enforcement, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security joining last week. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Canadian federal and provincial police are also assisting.

PROBABLY BECAUSE HIGHER UPS IN GOVERNMENT ARE REGISTERED IN THERE, AND HAVE THE REINS. OTHERWISE, ALL THESE DIVISIONS WOULDN'T GIVE A DAMN.

Evans also said the hacking has spawned online scams that fraudulently claim to be able to protect Ashley Madison clients' data for a fee.

People are also attempting to extort Ashley Madison clients by threatening to send evidence of their membership directly to friends, family or colleagues, Evans said.

Good. If they're dumb enough to cheat, if they can't figure out its a scam, fuck em. That's two obvious mistakes made, so why not?

In a sign of Ashley Madison's deepening woes following the breach, lawyers last week launched a class-action lawsuit seeking some $760 million in damages on behalf of Canadians whose information was leaked.

And I hope their spouses divorce them and take every cent. You don't deserve anything.

Evil begets evil.

"Evans said Avid Life first became aware of the breach on July 12, when several employees booted up their computers and received a message from the infiltrators accompanied by the playing of rock group AC/DC's "Thunderstruck.""

Great choice. But really, that's the only thing that clued you in?
No logs?
Avid Life should be held liable for any damages needed, for not protecting customer data.
And let it be a warning to others, that nothing is safe, nothing is secure, people WILL find out, so don't bother. Do it the old fashioned way, go to a bar out of town.

"The company went to police several days later, he said, while the hackers went public on July 20."

Should explain to all the users just how much they don't care about a breach, they only bothered doing anything after several days, plenty of time for anything to have happened.



Opinion:

I hope that the rest of the data gets released as well, and fuck the consequences, because it isn't the hackers' fault that you can't keep your pants on. Its not their fault your family life is ruined, its yours, for being an adulterous fuck.

GG Bro, RIP in piece.

[DarkKnight]

Opinion:

I hope that the rest of the data gets released as well, and fuck the consequences, because it isn't the hackers' fault that you can't keep your pants on.
GG Bro, RIP in piece.

Honestly, if people trusted some site for cheaters then this world must be mentally-ill.
If you can't respect your self then you need to split up instead of having a affair and causing issues.

[XORA]

Me and MLP was talking about the ashley madison leak a few days ago, we were going to setup a site where girls can go and shift through a database to see if there boyfriend/etc were cheating on them it was pretty funny

[DarkKnight]

Me and MLP was talking about the ashley madison leak a few days ago, we were going to setup a site where girls can go and shift through a database to see if there boyfriend/etc were cheating on them it was pretty funny

If this site you create works PM I would like to see how this project goes.

[Dismas]

Honestly, if people trusted some site for cheaters then this world must be mentally-ill.
If you can't respect your self then you need to split up instead of having a affair and causing issues.

Exactly. It's a site based on dishonesty. Do you really think your information/data is secure?

[DarkKnight]

Exactly. It's a site based on dishonesty. Do you really think your information/data is secure?

Releasing the information of users, good.
I think business will die for Ashley Madison based on this attack.

[XORA]

If this site you create works PM I would like to see how this project goes.

he has to speak with his lawyer first to make sure he doesn't go to prison for it, if there is a chance, he will let me host it

[lola]

I haven't really read the replies to this thread, I just skimmed through it.
But honestly. If you need a service to aide you in cheating in a relationship because you're too incompetent to do it yourself then you shouldn't be having an affair, if you're too dumb to manage an affair then you're even worse than people who cheat.
Regardless though, you shouldn't be having an affair anyway, period.

[Satan]

he has to speak with his lawyer first to make sure he doesn't go to prison for it, if there is a chance, he will let me host it

Unlikely that he would have, short of having the image files and posting those as well.
Charging for access, well, that's where it would get iffy.