You may remember that in July, anonymous hackers threatened to reveal stolen personal information of some 40 million users of the controversial dating website (Ashley Madison’s tagline: Life is short. Now it is time to make a sort of conclusion, summing up all my thoughts about this dating platform. In a note on Pastebin , Impact Team claimed it had exposed the fraud, deceit and stupidity of Avid Life Media, including links to the files posted on the sharing service Mega and a torrent file. Aside from the common sense reasoning that most people trying to engage in discreet affairs wouldn’t sign up for a site fresh off of a hack that exposed over 33 million of its users, many of the numbers and language offered in Avid Life Media’s statement come across as a sales pitch aimed at gaining – or at the very least retaining – customers after a crisis.

Without self-initiative, nothing is possible at Ashleymadison, if you like someone and you want an affair, you have to invest a lot. I created an account to report this story, and, after sending messages to several users saying that I was a reporter looking for sources, my account was promptly deleted. More details about payment options are available in the ‘Buy Credits section’ located in your account page. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, dating app Coffee Meets Bagel let users know that it suffered a data breach that exposed private information from some users.

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There are free accounts with a minimum of one photograph, verified accounts who’ve contacted buyer support representative via webcam for private verification, and there are featured accounts who have bought a membership to unlock more options and enjoy the service with none limits. Spending credits is frugal: messages and emails cost 5 credits; chatting online for 30 or 60 minutes is charged by 30 or 60 credits, and there is also an option of sending virtual gifts (for 20, 30, or 50 credits).

The San Antonio Express-News reported Friday that a city worker whose information was found in the leaked AshleyMadison database took his life last Thursday, although the publication acknowledges that it’s unclear whether the worker’s death had anything to do with the leak. According to a story at , included in the files are names, addresses and phone numbers apparently attached to AshleyMadison member profiles, along with credit card data and transaction information.