Ashley Madison parent in $14.3m settlement over data breach

By Jonathan Stempel on Jul 17, 2017 6:49AM

Ashley Madison parent in $14.3m settlement over data breach

But denies wrongdoing.

The owner of the Ashley Madison adultery website will pay US$11.2 million (A$14.3 million) to settle US litigation brought on behalf of roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a July 2015 data breach. Ruby Corp, formerly known as Avid Life Media, denied wrongdoing in ...

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