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# Hackers Flirt With Exposing Cheating Site Ashley Madison

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_Published 2015-07-20. Hackers demanded that cheating site AshleyMadison.com be closed. The site is reportedly aiming for a $200 million IPO later this year._


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## Transcript

Hackers dubbing themselves The Impact Team claim they have the information of all users of the site AshleyMadison. com. For those of you who might not know what this site is for, good for you. But let us explain. It's a site for adultery. Yes, you heard that right. The site motto is, life is short, have an affair. The impact team threatened to release the data of Ashley Madison's 37 million users, should the site's parent company Avid Life Media not permanently close down the site. Hackers are also calling for the shut down of another website under the ALM umbrella. Established Men, which touts itself as a website connecting young, beautiful women with succesful men.

The Impact team hacked Ashley Madison because ALM allegedly lied to its clients about a full delete feature the company claimed completely erases all account data for $ 19. The hackers say that feature doesn't actually work, and allege that real names and addresses of users remain on servers even after a full delete. In a manifesto posted on the Ashley Madison homepage, hackers told ALM's chief technology officer they are his Worst nightmare, referencing a comment made saying, how a system hack is the CTO's biggest fear. The hack is reportedly being contained. A statement from ALM said, at this time, we've been able to secure sites, and close the unauthorized access points.

A follow up statement said, all published user personally identifiable information was removed. Whew, carry on cheaters. Ashley Madison. com is the world's second largest paid dating website only trailing match. com, and besides of the ramifications of its data leak, this could have effect of the company's potential to launch an IPO. In 2014 Ashley Madison had $ 115, 000, 000 in sales, and its aiming for a $ 200, 000, 000 IPO later this year.

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