Here's the latest news story about it:


The leak of Ashley Madison's subscriber account data isn't enough -- hackers responsible for breaking into the affairs website have released a new dump which targets the firm's parent company.

In July, Ashley Madison became the target of a hacking group called the Impact Team which claimed to have broken into the company's servers and stolen data related to its members. The website in question is used for casual encounters and affairs, well-known for the slogan "Life is short. Have an affair." Ashley Madison claimed to cater for 37 million members in over 40 countries, and the hackers threatened to release data identifying users.

Specifically, the group objected to a "paid delete" function Ashley Madison offered. In return for a fee, subscribers were able to permanently delete their information -- including emails and credit card details -- but according to Impact Team, the information was still saved on the firm's servers.

The hackers said unless Ashley Madison was removed from the Internet, they would release the stolen information.

Ashley Madison, owned by parent company Avid Life Media, did not bow to the threat. On 18 August, Impact Team released a data dump approximately 10GB in size which contained member information including email addresses and credit card details.

However, this was not the end of the story.

Impact Team have now launched a second data dump into cyberspace which is almost double the size. Within the dump, available through the Dark Web and via torrent, appears to contain information stolen from Ashley Madison's parent company.

As reported by Reuters, the information leak seems to contain email messages related to Noel Biderman, the CEO and founder of Avid Life Media.

A message accompanying the data dump says "Hey Noel, you can admit it's real now." However, according to a number of security experts and Motherboard, the 13GB file allegedly containing the emails of the executive is corrupt -- while other parts of the data dump, such as website source code and company data, remains intact.

Researchers from TrustedSec say they believe the accessible files are legitimate, although they do not plan to analyze in depth due to the sensitive nature of the leak. The cybersecurity firm said in a blog post:

    "Interesting enough -- if this turns out to be legitimate which it in all aspects appears to be -- having full source code to these websites means that other hacker groups now have the ability to find new flaws in Avid Life's websites, and further compromise them more."

See also: Ashley Madison hack: A savage wake-up call which is only the beginning

The data breach has not only resulted in US authorities investigating a number of military and government accounts discovered in the first information leak, but a surge of panic is being felt by thousands of former members -- and high-profile figures, including family values campaigner Josh Duggar, have admitted publicly to cheating. Across the Web, the damage caused by this data breach is so destructive that some former members state they are contemplating ѕυιcιdє, while others have begun searching for the details of spouses, bosses and community figures.

In Canada, where Ashley Madison is based, a class-action lawsuit has been lodged against the firm, seeking damages of up to $760 million on behalf of Canadians whose data has been leaked online.

I too feel no sympathy for the adulterers who have been exposed.

A related story:

Reality TV star Josh Duggar is apologizing after being outed as one of the 32 million people who used the cheating website Ashley Madison.

Hackers stole customers' information from the website and released it to the public this week, exposing something Duggar tried to keep secret.

"I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife," Duggar said in a statement Thursday.

He did not specifically address Ashley Madison in his statement, which was issued in the wake of the hackers' data dump and later modified to omit the reference to pornography.

"I brought hurt and a reproach to my family, close friends and the fans of our show with my actions that happened when I was 14-15 years old, and now I have re-broken their trust," Duggar said.

Earlier this year, Duggar was forced to apologize after reports emerged alleging he molested girls as a teenager, including his sisters. He said then that he "acted inexcusably."

Duggar, 27, is the oldest of the children who appeared on TLC's hit show "19 Kids and Counting." The show has since been canceled.

According to an analysis from the cybersecurity company Trustify, Duggar paid Ashley Madison some $986 between 2012 and 2015. He used the name, josh_the_man, and described himself as an "attached male seeking female," according to the analysis.

Duggar reportedly listed some of his desires as: conventional sex, experimenting with sex toys and one-night stands. He listed travel and photography as personal interests. He said he was turned on by professional, confident women who dislike routine and have a secret love nest.

"As I am learning the hard way, we have the freedom to choose to our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. I deeply regret all hurt I have caused so many by being such a bad example," Duggar said in his Thursday statement. "I humbly ask for your forgiveness."

The Duggars are known for being devout Christians who don't believe in practicing birth control and whose children follow strict courtship rules.

Ashley Madison, which is owned by Avid Life Media, is designed to help married people cheat on their spouses. Its slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/20/us/josh-duggar-ashley-madison/

Hopefully this will end the strange attraction some traditional Catholics have to this family of heretics.

What have many good Catholics, such as Bishop Williamson and those who "follow him", been saying for years?

BEWARE THE MODERN WORLD

Between the modern world, original sin, and let's not forget the devil -- there is plenty that can go wrong with your children. You have to be very, very careful and do everything you can.

You need to start by FEARING THESE THREE SOURCES OF DAMNATION.

If you don't fear their power, you will never fight them.

What do most people in the world think of these 3 Gateways To Hell?

1. World - it's not so bad, it's the world we live in! It is a smiling, inviting place. Try to fit in as much as possible. We don't want to be looked on as "weird".
2. Flesh - People don't tend towards evil. Build enough schools and you won't have to build prisons. Teach them good and evil, and they will likely choose good. Human nature is good. I deny Original Sin. People are basically good. You have to trust your children. Etc.
3. Devil - Who? What are you, a throwback from the middle ages? We don't believe in a devil anymore. And if there is a hell, it's empty.

Check -- and mate!  Having lost all fear of the 3 things that bring us (and our children) to hell, it allows them to trample on us and devour us at will.

Remember, putting your head in the sand DOESN'T make the lion go away. It just makes it easier for him to eat you.

Josh Duggar was only married a few years when he got the itch to wander. And notice he's the same one that had problems as a teenager. It's like he's still fighting the same vices.

Also note the role pornography played in his infidelity. I'm glad he was honest enough to admit that -- at least in the FIRST press release. It's something many people can benefit by knowing. Pornography kills marriages. And souls.

I had to laugh at one headline saying that the data dump would "ruin" lives and reputations.  

Uh... no, the behavior of the subscribers ruins lives and reputations. :barf:

I could have sworn that this happened to them once before.  Am I remembering incorrectly or mixing them up with someone else?

The website was hacked several weeks (perhaps months, I don't really remember) ago, and there was a big hullabaloo about that.  At the time, the hackers did not release any personal details; it was just the fact that the hack happened that was news.  Now the personal information has been released.

So, same story, just a new development.


Edit:

Just saw that jen51 beat me to the answer by less than 60 seconds! haha

I'm thinking years ago, but maybe they were in the news for something else.

The same man was in the news a few months ago for molesting sisters/cousins or somebody back when he was a teenager.

I don't understand how anyone could trust the people they meet on such a website. I would expect it to be full of blackmailers.

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Hopefully this will end the strange attraction some traditional Catholics have to this family of heretics.

Excellent point.  Heretics like the Duggars, Olsteins, Billy Grahams, Mike Huckabees, Tim Tebows, etc., just make me want to puke.  I'm sure plenty of neo-con NOers get reeled in by them.  Hopefully those of us with better grounding do not.

I actually like Tim Tebow even though he was never a good NFL quarterback. I hope he converts to the true faith. I bet if he converted to traditional Catholicism a lot of his admirers would convert also.

My impression of him isn't any different than the rest I mentioned--somebody insincerely/semi-sincerely showboating an heretical religion.