The homepage of the Ashley Madison website (Picture Reuters)
Two people have committed suicide after their details were published online by hackers in the Ashley Madison data breach.
At least one Ashley Madison client in Canada is reported to have taken their life, and a senior American policeman in San Antonio, Texas.
Both are thought to have had details leaked in the hack, although it is not confirmed whether the suicides are directly linked to the leak.
Captain Michael Gorhum, who had served in the San Antonio Police Department, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound last Thursday.
Two people have committed suicide after their details were published online by hackers in the Ashley Madison data breach.
At least one Ashley Madison client in Canada is reported to have taken their life, and a senior American policeman in San Antonio, Texas.
Both are thought to have had details leaked in the hack, although it is not confirmed whether the suicides are directly linked to the leak.
Captain Michael Gorhum, who had served in the San Antonio Police Department, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound last Thursday.
His official email address had been linked to an Ashley Madison account – part of a trove of 37 million contact details leaked online last week.
Toronto police held a press conference today to announce that they were aware of two deaths.
‘As of this morning we have two unconfirmed reports of suicides associated with the leak of Ashley Madison’s customers’ profiles,’ said acting staff superintendent Bryce Evans.
‘Today I can confirm that Avid Life Media is offering a £240,000 reward to anyone providing information that leads to the identification, arrest and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for the leak of the Ashley Madison database,’ Mr Evans said.
Toronto police held a press conference today to announce that they were aware of two deaths.
‘As of this morning we have two unconfirmed reports of suicides associated with the leak of Ashley Madison’s customers’ profiles,’ said acting staff superintendent Bryce Evans.
‘Today I can confirm that Avid Life Media is offering a £240,000 reward to anyone providing information that leads to the identification, arrest and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for the leak of the Ashley Madison database,’ Mr Evans said.
A colleague of Captain Gorhum wrote on Facebook, ‘Rest in Peace Captain Mike Gorhum. You truly are one of the guys I’ve most respected in my Law Enforcement Career, no task too big, no goal too lofty.
‘Never backed down, always had your partner’s back or when you were in charge, your Officer’s back. Whatever it was, I wish one of us could have reached you, could have told you, “It will be OK”.
‘Love you Mike. This is a hard day. God bless you, and your Family and the Department.’
Hackers dumped a big cache of data containing millions of email addresses for U.S. government officials, UK civil servants and high-level executives at European and North America corporations late on Tuesday, the latest cyber attack to raise concerns about Internet security and data protection.
Metro
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