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Ashley Madison website became the recent target of hackers.
The site represents social networking that caters to those married or already in committed relationships. Ashley Madison is so popular among adult sites. It has been receiving millions of visitors per month. Members of the site disclosed their personal details as part of account creations.
In mid-July this year, hackers who call themselves as part of “The Impact Team” hacked the site. They made users' information available to the public for downloading. At first, only names were made available, but other users' details such as locations and credit card information soon became accessible to the public just after a week.
“The Impact Team” resorted to such hacking believing that the site should be closed. Many users found themselves possible victims of public shame and wanted their accounts deleted and be out of the site. But one of Ashley Madison's policies restrict them from doing so. Members are asked to pay a certain amount for account deletion.
As a whole, incident like this one should be a warning to us. Whatever we upload online will stay online forever. So, we need to note what we share to the cyber world. It is sometimes advisable to test things out by giving fictitious details.
