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Ashley Madison Hack: Is Your Spouse Unfaithful? Data From Cheating Website Now Searchable Online

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Last month, a group of vigilante hackers claimed to have broken into the cheating website, Ashley Madison and hacked all data within their system.

But it wasn't until now that user data from the site has been released for all of the internet to see.

Around 32 million Ashley Madison users' personal data were hacked - and hearts surely are breaking.

On Tuesday, the team of hackers called "the Impact Group" unveiled 10GB data trove that contained personal information of Ashley Madison users including user profiles, e-mails and credit card information, The Washington Post reports.

The data was reportedly posted on the dark web, which can be accessed using a special browsing tool called "Tor." According to CNN, the files are being traded between file-sharing websites.

The Ashely Madison data hacked by the Impact Group has now been re-published in various websites such as CheckAshleyMadison.com, where users can see whether or not their e-mail address or phone number was included in the leak.

On Aug. 18, the Impact Group allegedly released a statement, confirming that all Ashley Madison data have been released in the internet.

"Avid Life Media has failed to take down Ashley Madison and Established Men," the statement read. "We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM and their members. Now everyone gets to see their data."

Impact Group added, "Find someone you know in here? Keep in mind the site is a scam with thousands of fake female profiles."

The hackers also encouraged victims to file charges against Avid Life Media.

"It was ALM that failed you and lied to you. Prosecute them and claim damages. Then move on with your life," the statement read.

On the other hand, Avid Life condemned the said hacking.

"This event is not an act of hacktivism, it is an act of criminality," Avid Life said in a statement. "The criminal, or criminals, involved in this act have appointed themselves as the moral judge, juror, and executioner, seeing fit to impose a personal notion of virtue on all of society."

In July, the Impact Group hacked AshleyMadison.com and demanded Avid Life Media to delete the information of users who paid $20 to have all their profiles, e-mail addresses and other pertinent information removed from the Ashley Madison database.

However, Avid Life failed to do so, urging the team of anonymous hackers to release all their data for public consumption.

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