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“Nobody is going to be able to erase that information”, Evans said, adding that anyone being extorted should report the matter to their local police force.
“Criminals have already engaged in online scams by claiming to provide access to the leaked website”.
Two Canadian law firms have filed a $578 million class action lawsuit against the companies that run Ashley Madison after a hacker group’s data breach exposed some 39 million memberships in the adultery website earlier this week.
The names of the two victims have not been released but the news comes as a Texas police captain whose email address appears on the client list is thought to have taken his own life. “We’re talking about their children, we’re talking about their wives, we’re talking about their male partners”, Mr. Bryce told reporters.
At a news conference on Monday, Toronto police announced the reward and asked anyone with more information to call their Ashley Madison investigation tip line at 416-808-2040.
Two people have committed suicide after their details were published online by hackers in the Ashley Madison data breach. “The reality is… this is not the fun and games that has been portrayed”.
The RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation are involved in investigating the breach, according to Avid Life Media.
To get your computer back, or your extremely personal videos or recorded phone calls, they demand money.
“This has resulted in enormous social and economic fallout”, Evans said. “Nobody is going to be able to erase that information”, he said.
Avid Life Media first learned it had been compromised on July 12 when employees went into the office and were greeted with a “threatening message” when they powered-on their laptops, Mr. Evans said.
Avid Life Media has condemned the attack and denies retaining deleted profile information.
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Ashley Madison doesn’t mandate email verification for individuals who do not pay into the service, leaving the possibility open that some email addresses have been registered without the knowledge of the individuals associated with those accounts.
