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Ashley Madison or more accurately The Ashley Madison Agency, was founded in 2002 by Darren Morgenstern. Ashley Madison is a Canada-based online dating service and social networking service marketed to people who are married or in a committed relationship. The Ashley Madison Agency is the world's largest online Social Networking Community of its kind that caters to people who are already in relationships but still want to date.〔 Its slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair." 〔 The name of the site was created from two popular female names, "Ashley" and "Madison".〔 The company received attention on July 15, 2015, after hackers stole all of its customer data—including emails, names, home addresses, sexual fantasies and credit card information—and threatened to post all the data online if Ashley Madison and fellow Avid Life Media site EstablishedMen.com were not permanently closed. By July 22, the first names of customers were released by hackers, with all of the user data released on August 18, 2015. More data (including some of the CEO's emails) was released on August 20, 2015. The release included data from customers who had earlier paid a $19 fee to Ashley Madison to allegedly have their data deleted.〔(Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data ), wired, 2015-08-18.〕 The fee was also applied to people who had accounts set up against their will, as a workplace prank, or because of a mistyped email address.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Some Dude Created an Ashley Madison Account Linked to My Gmail, and All I Got Was This Lousy Extortion Screen )〕 On August 28, 2015 Noel Biderman, in mutual agreement with the company would be stepping down as chief executive officer of Avid Life Media Inc., and voluntarily ending his tenure as CEO. A statement released by the firm said his departure was "in the best interest of the company". ==Membership== Ashley Madison is a membership website and service based in Canada; its membership includes 39 million people in 53 countries.〔 The company announced plans to launch in Singapore in 2014. However, Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) announced that it will not allow Ashley Madison to operate in Singapore as "it promotes adultery and disregards family values".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mda-will-block-access-to/879898.html?cid=FBSG )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashley Madison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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