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That brings up an interesting thought. I wonder how ashleymadison.com stores its user data. If any piece of identifying user data were leaked, it could kill their business (which many would welcome I'm sure).

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If I were a criminal hacker with access to ashleymadison.com user data I wouldn't be talking about it. I'd be blackmailing wealthy people who are cheating on the site or the site itself.

So, I doubt you'd hear about such a hack.

True. Some people are driven by things other than money, though. e.g. the idea that they are doing "God's work"

Those people aren't typically hackers.

Poor choice of words in "God's work." I didn't mean to insinuate that they had to be religious, just that they are hacking for some ideal(s) rather than personal gain or just to be a dick. Anonymous, for example.

Gotcha. I was blinded by my own secular zealotry!

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