Fact check
Is it true: Ashley Madison data breach and extortion (Jul-Aug 2015)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
Impact Team breach confirmed by FTC investigation and $11.2M civil settlement (July 2016). Security researcher analysis confirmed ~95% of female profiles were bots. At least two suicides documented. CEO Noel Biderman resigned 28 August 2015. 'Full delete' service was fraudulent. Passwords stored in plaintext on legacy systems. All core claims confirmed by government investigation and judicial record.
The claim
Avid Life Media's extramarital-affair dating site Ashley Madison was breached by a hacker group calling itself the 'Impact Team,' which exfiltrated more than 32 million user records and 25GB+ of data.
Key evidence
FTC settlement confirms deceptive practices — July 2016
Impact Team identity never established
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