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There were lots of women looking to cheat on their partners on our site, honest, representatives of hacked infidelity service Ashley Madison claimed on Monday.There were lots of women looking to cheat on their partners on our site, honest, representatives of hacked infidelity service Ashley Madison claimed on Monday.
The latest – unattributed – statement from the Canadian company came after Annalee Newitz, a writer for several Gawker Media websites including Gizmodo, studied the hacked database for indications that the site’s purported 5.5 million female users had arranged trysts using the service. She found that “only 1,492 women had ever checked their messages” according to the stolen information, though she allowed for the possibility that the data might have been corrupted.The latest – unattributed – statement from the Canadian company came after Annalee Newitz, a writer for several Gawker Media websites including Gizmodo, studied the hacked database for indications that the site’s purported 5.5 million female users had arranged trysts using the service. She found that “only 1,492 women had ever checked their messages” according to the stolen information, though she allowed for the possibility that the data might have been corrupted.
Ashley Madison reps said that Newitz misread the information (though they didn’t name her personally). “Last week, a reporter who claimed to analyze the stolen data made incorrect assumptions about the meaning of fields contained in the leaked data,” said the unattributed statement. “This reporter concluded that the number of active female members on Ashley Madison could be calculated based on those assumptions. That conclusion was wrong.”Ashley Madison reps said that Newitz misread the information (though they didn’t name her personally). “Last week, a reporter who claimed to analyze the stolen data made incorrect assumptions about the meaning of fields contained in the leaked data,” said the unattributed statement. “This reporter concluded that the number of active female members on Ashley Madison could be calculated based on those assumptions. That conclusion was wrong.”
There are, the service’s promoters protested, scores of women eager to cheat on their spouses with the right guy, or to abet someone else in that goal. Why, just last week, women “sent more than 2.8m messages with our platform”, the statement boasted, and “the ratio of male members who paid to communicate with women on our service versus the number of female members who actively used their account [...] was 1.2 to 1”.There are, the service’s promoters protested, scores of women eager to cheat on their spouses with the right guy, or to abet someone else in that goal. Why, just last week, women “sent more than 2.8m messages with our platform”, the statement boasted, and “the ratio of male members who paid to communicate with women on our service versus the number of female members who actively used their account [...] was 1.2 to 1”.
“This past week alone, hundreds of thousands of new users signed up for the Ashley Madison platform,” said representatives of the site, “including 87,596 women.” The site will not cease operations, they wrote.“This past week alone, hundreds of thousands of new users signed up for the Ashley Madison platform,” said representatives of the site, “including 87,596 women.” The site will not cease operations, they wrote.
However, emails from the second leak by hackers, calling themselves The Impact Team, also seem to indicate that Ashley Madison created many “angels” – to use the site’s terminology – fake accounts run by bot programs. However, emails from the second leak by hackers, calling themselves the Impact Team, also seem to indicate that Ashley Madison created many “angels”, to use the site’s terminology – fake accounts run by bot programs.
A former employee sued the site in 2013 saying in a complaint that the site had required the creation of so many fake profiles, she had sustained repetitive stress injuries to her wrists.A former employee sued the site in 2013 saying in a complaint that the site had required the creation of so many fake profiles, she had sustained repetitive stress injuries to her wrists.
In July details of more than 37m accounts were stolen from the website, whose tagline is: “Life is short. Have an affair.” Last Friday CEO, Noel Biderman quit the company. Leaked information appeared to show Biderman used his work email to arrange paid assignations with young women despite having claimed total fidelity to his wife in an interview with the New York Daily News last year.In July details of more than 37m accounts were stolen from the website, whose tagline is: “Life is short. Have an affair.” Last Friday CEO, Noel Biderman quit the company. Leaked information appeared to show Biderman used his work email to arrange paid assignations with young women despite having claimed total fidelity to his wife in an interview with the New York Daily News last year.