The "world's leading married dating service" boasts over 37,610,000 members worldwide - a figure I am frankly skeptical of, especially given the company's near-PETA level knack for relentless, button-pushing self-promotion. That said, of course the company does have customers and of course those patrons are likely quietly soiling themselves right now. It’s also a complete lie." They have threatened to "release all customer records, including profiles with all the customers' secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions, real names and addresses, and employee documents and emails." The hackers say, "Full Delete netted ALM $1.7mm in revenue in 2014. And in a statement the company adds, "At this time, we have been able to secure our sites, and close the unauthorized access points." The hack is reportedly a response to the company's "service" of charging an extra fee for a "full delete" of a user's profile. Krebs says that "The still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37 million users of the hookup service … The data released by the hacker or hackers - which self-identify as The Impact Team - includes sensitive internal data stolen from Avid Life Media (ALM), the Toronto-based firm that owns AshleyMadison as well as related hookup sites Cougar Life and Established Men."ĪLM chief executive Noel Biderman confirms the breach, saying the company is now "working diligently and feverishly" to rectify the situation. Now, Krebs on Security reports that Ashley Madison - the 14-year-old service for people who subscribe to the belief the "Life is short. You'd probably have to go back to the Plymouth colony to find another time when pointing fingers and potentially ruining lives and families was such a strenuously pursued social occupation.
We are truly living in a glorious age of humiliation. Now that Ashley Madison's client base has allegedly been compromised, we're going to need it. Can we please get someone to make a chart or a list or some other matrix that clearly defines how a public shaming ought to proceed? I'd like it based on hard data, factoring the severity of the person's transgression, the extent of his or her hypocrisy and, ultimately, containing a clear protocol for what the limits of that individual's social punishment should be.
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