An attack on Ashley Madison — the adult dating site meant for facilitating discreet extramarital affairs — has resulted in data from its millions of users being published online. The situation is a total mess, especially for a website that holds intimate details about its users' sexuality, let alone their monogamy. The hack was first disclosed in July 2015; in mid August, data from millions of users began to appear online. You can follow the whole timeline through our StoryStream below.
Jul 16, 2017, 9:28 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Ashley Madison’s parent company has proposed a settlement with users exposed in data breach
Up to six million users might be eligible for compensation
Aug 25, 2015, 2:20 AM UTCAriha Setalvad
Ashley Madison CEO allegedly wanted to hack competitor after executive discovered security hole
CTO Raja Bhatia discovered a security hole in Nerve.com
Aug 24, 2015, 4:12 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Ashley Madison owners promise $379,000 bounty for information about hackers
Aug 21, 2015, 7:19 PM UTCRussell Brandom
Criminals are already using the Ashley Madison leak for blackmail
Aug 20, 2015, 5:29 PM UTCRussell Brandom
If the hack doesn’t kill Ashley Madison, these lawsuits could
Aug 19, 2015, 9:37 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Ashley Madison reportedly uses copyright notice to take down journalist's tweet
Aug 19, 2015, 8:33 PM UTCRoss Miller and Frank Bi
Here’s every type of data exposed in the Ashley Madison hack
Aug 19, 2015, 6:41 PM UTCCasey Newton
The mind-bending messiness of the Ashley Madison data dump
Once more into a breach
Aug 19, 2015, 6:02 PM UTCChris Welch
Ashley Madison's $19 'full delete' option made the company millions
And it may not have even worked
Aug 19, 2015, 12:01 AM UTCRich McCormick
Ashley Madison hackers follow through on threat to expose users
