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Henley Madison Hacking Case

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Not only was this a major crisis, but it was a crisis that affected millions of people. The Ashley Madison hacking exposed some high-profile people such as celebrities, politicians, members of the military, and religious figures. It affected many couples and their relationships and families. It was detrimental the company and all of its employees and employers.
After the Ashley Madison website got hacked, Ashley Madison released two statements on Facebook on July 20 and another on August 18. In the Facebook posts they explained how they had stringent security measures and are working with leading IT vendors from around the world. They hired other security in order to secure the sites and close unauthorized points. The Ashley Madison team said that they are using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and it has removed all posts related to this incident and all personally identifiable information. They also referred to their paid delete option by stating, “the “paid-delete” option offered by AshleyMadison.com does in fact remove all information related to a member’s profile and communications activity. The process involves a hard-delete of a requesting user’s profile, including the removal of posted pictures and all messages sent to …show more content…

Federal Bureau of Investigation. They also gave out a contact email for anyone with information regarding this incident. After all of this nothing was solved and the clients of Ashley Madison felt as if they weren’t doing enough or handling customer service. After their social media was being blown up they decided to start a blog on the Ashley Madison website and enable the comments so that people could express their concerns. They refused to do interviews and have minimal contact with their public other than the posts on Facebook (“Sex, American Style,”

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