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posted by takyon on Tuesday August 25 2015, @12:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the life-is-short dept.

Two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison customer details are reported to have taken their lives, according to police in Canada. The police in Toronto gave no further information about the deaths.

Ashley Madison's Canadian parent company Avid Life Media is offering a C$500,000 (£240,000) reward for information on the hackers, they added.

Scammers have reportedly moved quickly to exploit the leaked database:

[Toronto police's acting staff superintendent Bryce Evans] warned that miscreants were already moving in on panicked users of the websites, offering – for a fee of course – to remove the offending details from the database in exchange for one Bitcoin. This is, of course, impossible because the data is already out there, but Evans said this hadn't stopped the scammers trying it on.

The Canadian police have also discovered cases of scammers contacting people on the database and threatening to expose them to family and work colleagues if a payment wasn't sent. Anyone threatened in this way is urged to get in contact with the police via a special website or telephone number set up by Toronto police.

The investigative team can be reached at (416) 808-2040. Anonymous tips are always welcome through @1800222TIPS #AMcaseTPS

In related news:

Previously: Hackers Reportedly Leak Nearly 10 GB of Ashley Madison ("Cheating Site") Files


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @02:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @02:34AM (#227361)

    > Why the hell would they sign up for annonymous hook up?

    They didn't sign up for anonymous hook ups, that's tindr's market.
    They signed up to meet other people and have an affair.
    AM's slogan was "Life's short, have an affair."