The Release of Ashley Madison Users' Info Is More Than Just Embarrassing—It's a Security Threat

Hackers and criminals can use the basic identifying information from the breach of the adultery website to access other systems.

Hackers who stole customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com dumped 9.7 gigabytes of data onto the Internet Tuesday.
Carl Court AFP/Getty
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