Ashley Madison
1 breach36M affected in allTechashleymadison.com
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 hack exposed 36M users' profiles; FTC and states settlementJul 19, 201511 years agoHacking | Jul 19, 201511 years ago | Hacking | Tech | Settled | 36M |
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- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · source_type: regulator
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · source_url: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2016/ag-schneiderman-announces-175-million-settlement-owner-ashleymadisoncom-joint
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · fine_usd: 1657000
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · lawsuit: USD 17.5M FTC/13 states settlement, USD 1.66M paid (Dec 2016); USD 11.2M class action settlement (2017)
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · attack: hacking
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · summary: The Impact Team announced in July 2015 that it had stolen Ashley Madison user data and later leaked it, exposing about 36 million users' account and profile information. The operators settled FTC and state charges with a USD 17.5M judgment,
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · title: 2015 hack exposed 36M users' profiles; FTC and states settlement
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · source_type: press
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · source_url: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · status: settled
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · verified_by: research
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · verified: 1
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · fine_usd: 1600000
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · lawsuit: $1.6M total paid to settle FTC and state charges (2016)
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · country: CA
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · attack: extortion
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · data_types: ["dob","emails","names","passwords","payment-card","phone","addresses","credentials","other"]
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · records_basis: organization
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · records: 36000000
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · disclosed: 2015-07-19
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · summary: Hackers calling themselves The Impact Team breached Avid Life Media and threatened to publish Ashley Madison user data unless the site closed, then dumped it a month later. The FTC said account and profile information of 36 million users wa
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · title: Impact Team hackers breach and later dump Ashley Madison user data
- 2026-09-25 · Ashley Madison, 2015-07-19 · added
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