Hacked cheating site denies reports that its site is populated with fake profiles

folarin okunola

September 1, 2015 7:14 AM

It is uncertain how true these claims may be but it is possible that Ashley Madison could have taken on an increase in traffic due to people being curious about the site

Owner of Ashley Madison website confirms some authentic data leaked

Hacked cheating site Ashley Madison has refuted claims that most of the female members on the site are fake following an investigation by Gizmodo using the data that was dumped on the Internet by the hackers.

In a statement released this morning, Avid Life Media, parent company of the popular cheating, claimed that the Gizmodo report, which claimed that Ashley Madison generated fake female profiles, paid people to create profiles and even looked for ways to automate that act, was grossly inaccurate.

In the statement, the company said the site has actually experienced an increase in traffic and that over 80, 000 females have signed up for a profile since the hacking incident. In addition to that, the company also said over 2.8 million messages were sent by women on the site since the hack.

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It is uncertain how true these claims may be but it is possible that Ashley Madison could have taken on an increase in traffic due to people being curious about the site and wanting to see how it works for themselves.

Regardless of what the sites claims, though, the damage has been done and customer confidence has been greatly diminished. Also, the site’s CEO – who had always claimed that he had never cheated himself – has resigned and there is already speculation of a possible investigation after the Gizmodo research basically called the site a fraud.

It is still unclear how all of these will tell on the site’s financials.

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