The website was compromised by hacker attacks
Ashley madison, a website dedicated to finding an affair, was created in 2002 on mother's day to provide married persons with confidential dating services. If people are dissatisfied with their marriage, they can register anonymously on this website in search of their “second spring”. Live is short, have an affair and promote extramarital affairs. This has provoked a group of british mysterious hackers, the impact team, who recently succeeded in hacking the site and downloading the entire database. They then sent an ultimatum to the website: “if you do not close the site permanently immediately, we will publish all the information of one million british users.”
According to official statistics, the website has a global reach of over 34 million users. This information includes naked photographs, sexual preferences, detailed personal information, address, telephone numbers, bank card information uploaded by the users, which has also caused panic among a number of clandestine clients。
Noel-peterman, founder of the website
It's a big deal
The website ceo noel biderman, once the best lawyer for sports stars in the united states, worked mostly to deal with disputes between players and their wives and their affair, and noticed that 30 percent of the general social networking site had been blackmailed as single, giving rise to the idea of a married couple. The first five years saw a 20-fold increase in membership and a profit of $120 million in 2013。
Since its inception, ashley madison has been controversial, and noel-peterman has been scolded and scolded everywhere he goes, and internet friends have set him up to use market demand as a shield, “undermining the well-being of others' families” and “not different from selling drugs openly”. However, this “disordered” and “the most annoying man on the internet” believes in the social and economic value of cheating and that it is better to bite home than to divorce. He was not afraid of being attacked, and more often appeared in the authoritative media cnn, the los angeles times and the wall street journal as self-advocacy propaganda for “one-wifehood” rather than “the affair of marriage” destroying the family。
Unemployment is closely linked to the exit rate
In addition to gold use, ashley madison draws up a number of large track-related data based on website traffic. The statistics found that after the big festival and on monday mornings, things were the easiest. “the number of members has risen sharply because one of the spouses wants to enjoy weekends or holidays, and who knows that the other is a great disappointment in heart or body.”
The economic environment is more closely linked to the rate of exit. “you can't believe that, after the financial tsunami of 2008, our membership was as high as the unemployment rate. “noel describes how many companies were shut down at the time, and the husband who was laid off went home to talk to his wife and thought that she could be comforted, but instead she said, “what about the livelihood? Who pays the bills?” and the rosary roared. In his view, many men felt powerless to marry without sex and wanted to cheat in search of lost stimulation and intimacy。
In terms of age, the most at risk is about 39 years old. “at the threshold of four words, a middle-aged crisis, such as men, chooses to grow hair, start a business and even a one-night stand. The rate of cheating is four times higher than that of persons aged 38 years.”
The members have landed in hong kong
In june 2014, ashley madison opened a prelude to the advance of east asia: the japanese market took place in june, entered hong kong, china, in august, and landed on taiwan, china, in november。
Hong kong: the website has a membership system, free of charge for women, and about hk$360 for men can buy 100 points in exchange for 20 events, such as chatting, delivering virtual gifts, etc., all chats and newsletters are conducted within the website. Ashley madison entered the hong kong market with strong resistance from family groups. Noel-peterman, however, has shown a desire to go into the domestic market. He claims that about 640,000 chinese tried to land in ashley madison in 2012, demonstrating the strong demand。
“if the number of chinese registered after the hong kong website is ten times as high as last year, it will certainly inspire me to try further. An affair exists, and one occurs because people do not want to break up the family. It is true that extramarital relationships affect marriage, but if they are not detected, there is no impact, especially in using our services。
Japan: membership is growing fastest in a single month: japanese women have been depressed in the home and in the workplace for a long time, and more and more in their 30s. Within a month of landing in japan, membership exceeded 320,000, the fastest growing country。
United states: beyond the age limit, over 60 men remain strong, with over one million male members over 65 years of age. On the contrary, women over 60 years of age almost globally never cheat。
Switzerland: high salaries, attracting women from all over the world to employment, with a very high percentage of single women members。
United kingdom: the survey suggests that the largest number of people in north-eastern england have one-night stands, and the highest number is in england. Men tend to send appliances to their wives, flowers and diamonds to their lovers, who spend one times more than the former。
