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Ashley Madison Says It Added 4 Million Members Since the Hack (cnn.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-shame dept.

New submitter fardindany writes with news that the months-old Ashley Madison hack seems to have had little impact on new users joining up. CNN reports: "Despite the infamous hack that exposed millions of cheaters online, infidelity dating site Ashley Madison says its ranks are growing. At the time of the hack, Ashley Madison said it had 39 million members. The website now says it has more than 43 million members, according to a rolling count on its homepage."

3 of 125 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Obvious reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or just the masses re-joining this time under assumed/fake names?

  2. Re:This is why CNN can't be trusted with the news by KatchooNJ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Also, what are the odds that the counter takes account cancellations into account? Accounts that have been removed since the hack likely aren't considered for that rolling counter.

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  3. Re:Obvious reason by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why would you bother to think they are AI-controlled bots? Someone probably just wrote a script to make 4 million accounts with pre-populated data.