The Ashley Madison Hack

The Ashley Madison hack was a famous website, called ashleymadison.com, which
supported committing extramarital affairs and adultery. The website promised
complete privacy and secrecy of information and membership. But, hackers wanted
to show the world that adultery was immoral, so they breached the website and
released the information of all people using the service, such as email addresses,
names, and credit card information.

How Does This Affect Society

Because people's personal information was leaked, many lives and families were
affected. This event showed that it is extremely easy to steal your information
and that there is no real privacy on the Internet. If anybody really had the desire
they could ruin your life by hacking into your computer and stealing your private
information.

How Does This Affect the Members

Members of the site who had their information leaked were not promised their privacy.
Their lives with their families were ruined and some resorted to committing suicide because
of the stress.

How Were Families Affected

Families were broken apart because they figured out someone was cheating. Some people
died because of this.

How Does This Affect Me and
What Can You Do To Prevent It

After seeing what this hack did to all those people, I realized that my information may
not be as private and safe as I thought. To me, privacy is just a cover of the truth, the
fact that your information can be stolen readily by anybody. I can protect myself by using
antivirus, setting up a firewall, and not giving out information that can readily identify me.