Ashley Madison cheaters, hackers get little sympathy: #tellusatoday

Hackers say they uploaded data revealing names and other personal information of users of Ashley Madison, a site with the motto “Life is Short. Have an affair.” Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

Who made this hacking group the morality police? At least the company didn’t cower to the demands of hackers, unlike what Sony did by pulling “The Interview” from movie theaters.

Hackers are nothing more than bullies who think they can use their computer skills to get people to do only the things the hackers like.

The hackers are on such a moral high ground that they broke one of the Ten Commandments and stole information to expose people who may or may not have broken another commandment.

— Bruce Leroy

Why do married people pay for Ashley Madison and think it is OK? If you’re not happy in your marriage, get out. Don’t embarrass or humiliate someone you loved enough to marry. That says a lot about someone’s character.

The first time I heard of this site, I wondered who would have the nerve to join it. I guess more than 30 million people! It’s a sad society we live in.

— Tammy Smith

Hackers expose the evil underbelly of our society and government, and corporate malfeasance. If they don’t expose it, who will?

— J Thomas Gaffney

The hackers are obviously criminals, and the site owner and customers have done nothing illegal.

However, there are laws at work here that are not written by legislators. Call it what you will, but what goes around comes around.

— John Moates

We asked what followers thought about hacked information being released, as recently happened in the Ashley Madison case. Comments From Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

While I normally hate when privacy is breached, this one feels like poetic justice.

— @Alloverthemap10

Perhaps if there are more instances of hacked info getting released, then companies will do more to protect customer identities.

— @cointelpro_

Don’t go where you don’t belong, and you have no fears!

— @rrvest

Hackers are not Boy Scouts! Everybody should know that nothing is secure once you put it out there.

— @PedroCo16889625

Name and shame them! If you are dumb enough to sign up for such a website, take the consequences!

— @nicciblue7

People seem to be more upset that the hacked info was released than that sites like this exist in the first place.

— @BRENTMCCOY

If you put it online, you take responsibility for it. It’s called common sense.

— @t_eckersen

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