A federal judge on Friday approved an $11.2 million settlement between the marital infidelity website Ashley Madison and users who sued after hackers released personal information, including financial data and details of their sexual proclivities.
[...] A final approval hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.
[...] The company denied wrongdoing but said in a statement that it settled to "avoid the uncertainty, expense, and inconvenience associated with continued litigation."
[...] The case is unique in that many website users not only want to remain anonymous but registered using false names, said James McDonough III, an attorney for the users. As a result, those eligible for the settlement won't be contacted directly. Instead, they will reach out to those who could benefit via magazine and web ads.
[...] McDonough said there is no estimate on how many people will seek part of the settlement money, which could range from as little as $19 for those victimized by the hack up to $2,000 for those who were victims of identity theft because of the hack.
Source: Judge OKs $11.2M settlement for hacked Ashley Madison users
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @07:08AM
How much is Snow gonna get? Is he gonna share it with the rest of us? Payday awaits, Soylentils!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @09:02AM
Is not to net you $19 but to bitch slap the stupid negligent corp.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:45PM
Oddly enough Ashley is showing up in my spam trap again.
She's been gone so long that spamassassin pretty much forgot about her (due to the whimsy of continuously trained Bayesian filters). She seems to just barely evade the arbitrary delete filter and ends up in the purgatory of my spam bin.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @06:07PM
> A final approval hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.
Just repeating my earlier suggestion: Work out some kind of SN automatic system that revisits stories that stretch out over months or years. In this case an automatic posting to look for Ashley on Nov. 20...
Or maybe TMB's MrPlow already has this capability?