Ashley Madison : The law, Hacking , Adultery, Suicide

I was not aware of the fact that somebody can actually make money out of infidelity and adultery until yesterday . There is a Canadian based sited called Ashley Madison and they facilitate affairs. Their motto is "Life is short. Have an affair." Millions of people were members of this site and would pay money using credit cards-you name it so as to score an affair with a woman or a man who is married. Apparently the site offers a three month guarantee that one will certainly get an affair going for them once they sign up. What intrigued me (not in a good way) are the levels many people are willing to go for a secret affair. People can pay a huge amount of money just to score a date and possibly sleep with someone they hardly know all in the name of lust. Most of the people on the site  are married people looking for an extra marital affair. The men pay for chats and messages they have with women whilst the women can send messages for free. It is really something else. All was going well for these cheaters and adulterers until this July when some hackers who call themselves the "Impact Team" hacked into the site and threatened to release names, addresses, email address and basically all the private information of people who use this site. I bet for everyone who uses the site their hearts nearly leapt out when they heard such news.  Highly sensitive information of 37 million users was leaked to the media and some well known people were featured on it . It is reported that 2 people have committed suicide over this issue. It is being speculated that they committed the suicide because they couldn't face having their details leaked to the media. Most possibly they were afraid of what their partners would say or do or what their communities would think about them. Whatever they were scared of , I am of the view that they should and ought to have been scared before they started engaging in affairs on Ashley Madison. That fear should have kept them from spending money on strange women and conducting an affair. I think their fear should have stopped them from sending highly sexual messages to other users. I feel that fear should have stopped them from lying openly to their spouses that they were going on a business trip when in fact they were busy spending money on affairs and booking lavish hotels. Then they would have been spared of all the drama that is now panning out. 

The law is also being seen at play in this whole Ashley Madison drama. A man named John Doe in Los Angeles has filed a law suit against Ashley Madison and its parent company Avid Life Media,  seeking class action status for what he claims was negligence on the part of the company to keep its customer's data safe. Invasion of privacy and emotional distress are other things that Ashely Madison Company is being accused of . Avid Life Media was also sued last week in Canada in a class action that seeks $760 million as damages, the Guardian reports. The Toronto police officers are also trying to locate the hackers so that they can be brought to justice ( whose justice? I wonder). I am going to track the events that will continue unfolding concerning this issue.

On Twitter , people are also abuzz with the Madison issue. Some believe the hackers are to blame while some believe the adulterers got what they deserve. As the saying goes, what goes around comes back around. Also one day is one day-cheating and backstabbing always comes back to haunt somebody. Some people are of the view that every person has got skeletons in his or her closet so these hackers should not have done what they did. It is indeed sad to see that people are choosing suicide over dealing with their issues. Someone on twitter suggested that marriage counsellors, divorce lawyers and the likes should be happy now because most marriages are now damaged and some have broken down because of this hack. I do not believe these groups of people who stand to benefit in these circumstances will be happy. I do not think so. It is just their job. It is like thinking that Doctors are happy when people are sick, oh hell no, they just happen to be at your service because of their profession. It is tantamount to saying that marriage counsellors and lawyers have no feelings but only care about the money. Yes , there are a few bad apples here and there but certainly , lawyers have feelings too. Does anyone ever stop to wonder that these same people might also be affected by the hack? What if their spouse or long time lover's details were also leaked? Food for thought. 

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PS. Do not commit suicide even if the hackers leaked your name. The church, the lawyers, the marriage counselors and even the spouse you cheated on is here to help. PROBLEMS ARE NOT SOLVED BY SUICIDE