While worried spouses continue to sift through the sea of identifying data posted online this week by hackers that targeted AshleyMadison.com, a dating and social networking service that markets itself to would-be cheaters, the controversial company has wasted no time getting lawyered up.
Avid Life Media, the Toronto-based parent company of Ashley Madison, is turning to a trio of high-powered firms to pick up the pieces following the purported disclosure of information about more than 32 million users, a hack so devastatingthat it has everyone from divorce lawyers to cybersecurity experts and others pondering the potential ramifications of a somewhat unprecedented data dump. (The information posted online, which some well-credentialed cybsecurity experts have said appears legitimate, includes the names, addresses and phone numbers of those who signed up for the service.)
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