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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInAshley Madison will pay $11.2 million to data breach victims
Ashley Madison is still picking up the pieces two years after the massive data breach that exposed millions of users information. The parent company of the cheat-on-your-spouse website continues to deny any wrongdoing, but it has agreed to settle the preliminary class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 37 million users whose personal details were dumped […]
Ashley Madison reaches $1.6 million data breach settlement — Consumer Affairs
The 2015 data breach at AshleyMadison.com, which caused widespread embarrassment and perhaps even some marital stress, is the subject of a $1.6 million settlement. The Toronto-based company, which at the time had the marketing slogan “life is short, have an affair,” has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 13 states. […]
Want to sue Ashley Madison over data breach? You must use your real name | Ars Technica
The massive litigation has been co-mingled in Missouri, and there are some interesting elements at play. For starters, the judge presiding over the case says that if you want to be a named plaintiff in the litigation, you can’t use a pseudonym like “John Doe,” and instead you have to use your real name. The […]
Tennessee man sues Ashley Madison for data breach – NY Daily News
A man from Madison, Tennessee, has filed the first lawsuit in Mississippi against Ashley Madison after a hacker group’s data breach of the affair website. The man, listed anonymously in court papers as John Doe, claims the hack that revealed his account on the controversial website ruined his marriage and may also cost him his […]
Ashley Madison adultery website faces $578m class action over data breach | The Guardian
Two Canadian law firms have filed a $578m 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. via Ashley Madison adultery website faces $578m class action over data breach | The Guardian