Thirty-six million names, addresses and phone numbers of registered users at the Ashley Madison site were posted on the Internet. All these records are now out in the open, exposing highly sensitive personal information.
Internet criminals are going to exploit this in many ways, sending spam, phishing and possibly blackmail messages, using social engineering tactics to make people click on links or open infected attachments. Be on the lookout for threatening email messages which slip through spam filters that have anything to do with Ashley Madison and delete them immediately.
For more information on on to protect yourself, visit the Information Security page.
