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Manchester Evening News
A new Netflix documentary lifts the lid on the 2015 hack that exposed millions of cheats
Who hacked Ashley Madison and does the dating site still exist? A new documentary exploring the data breach that exposed millions of affairs has dropped on Netflix. Extramarital dating app Ashley Madison saw users' private data become public when it was hacked in 2015.
The site enticed droves of users looking to cheat on their partners with the tagline: Life is short. Have an affair." The controversial site was the first of its kind, founded by Canadian businessman Darren Morgenstern in 2001 who'd been wowed by a statistic that claimed 30% of people on existing dating sites were married. The app claimed, due to its discreet nature, to have extensive security measures - but the breach and its fallout proved otherwise. Some 36 million users' details were released across three 'data dumps' in August 2015. Their usernames, email addresses, photos credit card details and saucy conversations were uploaded to the dark web by a suspected hacker group. Among those stung was family YouTuber Sam Rader, 38, who admitted to downloading the app to talk to women despite being married to wife and the mother of his children, Nia. While Sam admitted to using the app, he denied ever having an affair. But the revelation lead him to unleash a bombshell: He'd actually cheated on Nia, 35, throughout their marriage - even making moves on some of her friends. Three-part Netflix series, Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal, hears from those impacted by the data breach - including those who worked on the site. We take a look at who was behind the scandal and whether or not the site is still running. Who was behind the Ashley Madison hack? Almost a decade on, it still isn't known who was behind the Ashley Madison data breach. A suspected hacker, or group of hackers, named The Impact Team took responsibility. Online security experts previously thought it could have been an international network of “hacktivists”. Or, it could have just been a single disgruntled employee of Ashley Madison’s owners Avid Life Media. That's because the “team” seemed to have an intimate knowledge of the company’s inner workings. The Impact Team accused ALM of lying to users that it could delete their accounts for a fee of around £15. The hackers said the data could not be totally erased. Observers also noted that the group singled out ALM’s security director for praise. It said: “Our one apology is to Mark Steele. You did everything you could, but nothing you could have done could have stopped this.” Does Ashley Madison still exist? Yes, Ashley Madison is still up and running. However its parent company, Avid Life Media, changed its name to Ruby Corporation in 2016. As of 2024, Ashley Madison says it has more than 75 million members in 53 countries. Like any other dating app, users sign up by creating a profile and go on to message other members. Its business model is based on credits rather than monthly subscriptions. For a conversation between two members, one of the members - always the man - must pay eight credits to initiate the conversation. There is also a real-time chat feature where credits buy a certain time allotment. Users have to pay a $19 fee to delete their accounts.
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