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When the infidelities Ashley Madison site was hacked , the personal data of 33 million users made themselves . found on the web
The BBC spoke to two women who were directly affected by the leak. one whose fiancé used the site and another that was user
None of them wanted be identified, but their stories reflect how dramatic has been the impact that disclosure of this information has had.
The first call it “Mary”. He said he used an online tool to check email from her fiance was among the data .
“I did not think I would find anything on anybody,” he says.
However, I wanted to find out for sure, because one of his emails appeared to have been hacked recently.
When the e-mail her fiance came in, the database not only he confirmed that it was a client of Ashley Madison . He also found the address, city, date of birth. All right.
“These sites retain your Internet protocol or IP for its acronym in English, address, who is your provider, everything, including your physical description,” he told the BBC.
“ Everything was up to my boyfriend “. Evidence in hand, Mary faced his promised
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At first denied and denied and then admitted
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Her fiance said he could not explain fully why he did it and she meant to he more than women who had known Ashley Madison.
But the conversation did not last long. Mary packed up and went to stay with a friend .
The wedding they had planned was canceled .
Since then She made an appointment for a checkup and verify that no venereal diseases and has tried to distance itself as much as possible of her fiance.
The experience, he says, has been “devastating ” .
. “One thing is for someone to come and tell you I’m not happy, I am not happy, and I find it hard to be faithful – to be honest,” says
“But is just make a person lose years of your time with duplication as this “.
seeking help on the Web
Do not delve much into the web to find examples of Internet users whose lives have been affected by the scandal Ashley Madison.
Many forums are full of comments from those who believe their orange socks have used the site.
But Ashley Madison users are also looking for help on the web.
A woman who was a customer of Ashley Madison, but who declined to be identified, also spoke to the BBC .
For purposes This article will call “Amy”.
Amy has been married for 10 years .
But recently started playing with the idea of having an affair . He had already heard advertisements about Ashley Madison on local radio so a year ago signed up and started looking for a man to have a relationship.
He says he never communicated with someone and then closed the account.
sexual Dudas
But six months ago created a new and this time wanted to explore questions I had about their sexuality and contacted other women .
On this occasion did find someone. Communicated by e-mail several weeks.
“ lived near me and looked like they’d hooked ,” says Amy.
“His story was very similar to mine. She was someone who had been married for a while and had some curiosity about this part of itself. “
Amy realized that the woman said she was very attractive and this made flattered.
They planned together, but ultimately did not.
He said he fears came and he felt he did not want to jeopardize their marriage.
“By using the site helped me realize that there were other things about myself that I needed to explore”.
“It is frightening when you have someone in your life you love so much and think you’re going to hurt “.
Married and curious
Amy says that so far has not told anyone of his acquaintances, but is concerned that her husband discovered that used the site .
Ranked distract the mind at the moment with work, but admits that is stressed and the situation has affected her sleep.
Ashley Madison offered users the option to delete all your data for a price of US $ 19 and Amy said you used this function.
She used an internet tool to check your data, and was surprised when he found his mail between information which was revealed , plus your zip code, gender and name associated with the credit card.
No one knows what happened in this case, but it is possible that hackers down the data before the date when Amy paid for his information be removed.
In any case, now faces the possibility that the discovered.
“ If my husband came home from work and told me that someone found this information between the information disclosed would be honest with him “he says.
” It made me look much my behavior and reflect on why I did what I did and appreciate what we have. “
At the moment, Amy just hopes her husband will never find out .
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