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The Ashley Madison Hack

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Exposed

By: Sophie Elmhirst, Maria Luisa Tucker
Narrated by: Sophie Nélisse
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This program contains sexual content and occasional adult language. An episode also includes mentions of suicide. Please keep that in mind when choosing when and where to listen.

Millions of people–looking to cheat on their partners–signed up for Ashley Madison in the early 2000s, seeking a private space to share their public desires. The promise of discretion was shattered in the summer of 2015, when anonymous hackers stole the company’s cache of user information and published it worldwide. The result? One of the most shocking data breaches of the internet age. Overnight, millions of unfaithful spouses had their real names, addresses and sexual preferences published online in a searchable database that anyone could browse. Presented by acclaimed actress Sophie Nélisse, told through the dramatic stories of those who were caught up in the hack, and from experts who put it all into the context of our rapidly changing internet culture, Exposed: The Ashley Madison Hack serves as a cautionary tale for anyone whose secrets live in the cloud–and what happens when trust is broken both online and in the real world.

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About the Author-Sophie Elmhirst

About the Creator

Sophie Elmhirst is a writer based in London. She writes regularly for the Guardian Long Read and the Economist's 1843 magazine, and is a contributing editor at Harper's Bazaar and The Gentlewoman. She was named Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2020 and has also won a Foreign Press Association award. Her first book, Maurice and Maralyn: A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story, will be published by Chatto & Windus in February 2024.

About the Performer-Sophie Nélisse

About the Performer

Sophie Nélisse is a Genie Award-winning Canadian actress. She can currently be seen in the Emmy-nominated Showtime series Yellowjackets as teenage Shauna Shipman. Sophie has also had lead roles in Irena’s Vow, The Rest of Us, 1:54, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, Close, Monsieur Lazhar (for which she won a Genie Award), and is perhaps best known for her role as Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the bestselling novel The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak. Her other credits include Pawn Sacrifice, Mean Dreams, The History of Love, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Wait Till Helen Comes, and Et au pire, on se mariera.

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Story of one the first "big hacks."

Personal stories were interesting. I would have liked to hear more about the bots and how that choice was made and executed. They had to know it was fraud and would be found out eventually. Not fond of the narrator.

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Informative and Entertaining

She has a great voice and the format was well laid out. Loved the perspectives of both love and pain.

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Very well thought out

You tend to wonder what happens after. This is the after very well written and informative.

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Great listen

I was a single 24 year old in 2015 so I knew of Ashley Maddison but I paid it no attention. But as a married man I appreciate hearing stories of infidelity and knowing that it’s not worth the risk. Even if I got five years without sex.

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Interesting

Interesting to hear about how the internet can totally destroy people’s lives and how the website reacts to a hack.

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Giving glory to hackers who destroyed many lives

Although I did find the original write-up intriguing (I had never heard the news of it when it was happening), the more I listened, the more certain I was that this book was just giving glory to self-hating hackers that destroyed so many peoples' lives. I am someone who believes that sometimes, an extra-marital one-night-stand or even an affair can be a much needed pressure release valve for a couple going through a rough patch. And, if you are afraid of whether or not you might find your spouse's name on the list, don't look! Because you probably will. If you feel that you have to look, you already know that there's a possibility of finding it. If there's no trouble in the garden of eden, then there's no reason to doubt. If you have enough reason to doubt, then you should not get upset if you find your spouse's name on the list, but instead, you should be working on whatever it is that gives you reason to question in the first place.

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Nothing especially 

I had hoped there would be something positive in the end of this, but it really took even a worse, downward turn and not some thing I would ever recommend.

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Not Worth the Cheat, Y'all

This was very interesting. I am always amazed at the lengths people will go to fill an emptiness in themselves. All the lying, sneaking, and deception that tears people apart.

I liked how there were separate stories for the different couples. That was good.

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Fascinating

A little study into the history of relationships and intimacy around an extremely controversial website. A joy to listen to as a history lover and technology fan.

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Sympathetic to cheaters

This book romanticizes the blowing up of marriages and households. Sorry I listened to it. I side with the hackers!!!

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