In a serious news for concern, the Hackers that stole private customer information from the cheating/dating site AshleyMadison.com just released almost 10 gigabytes of user information from the July security breach.
The data dump includes customer log-ins, "credit card and other payment transaction details” for some of the site’s 40 million users, reports said.
Among some of the details released, a sampling of what some Ashley Madison users were looking for. One user said, “looking for someone who isn’t happy at home or just bored and looking for some excitement.”
Another user was checking for someone “who wants to feel sexy and hot.”
The site, which claims to be “the most famous name in infidelity and married dating,” was planning a $200 million IPO later this year when the breach took place.
Avid Life Media, the company that owns AshleyMadison.com, released this statement shortly after the initial breach on July 20.
It was thought that the hackers could turn the data dump into a huge payday, under the right circumstances.
A woman who claimed to have once worked for the hookup site explained what it was like working there, at one point calling it “one of the best companies” she’s been part of, but nothing that there were “many sites dedicated to bringing us down,” and saying the company would “receive death threats constantly.”
