Vatican workers listed among users of Ashley Madison site

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

People working at the Vatican are reportedly among the 37 million users of infidelity website Ashley Madison.

Websites of at least two dozen people with the .va address are among those who had signed up to meet married people for liaisons.

Hackers from the “Impact Team” posted to the Internet a huge file including names, ages, addresses, phone numbers and credit card details.

The website works on the promise of anonymity and the motto “Life is short. Have an affair”.

Ashley Madison has called the hack “an act of criminality” and the FBI is now investigating.

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Tags: Adultery, Ashley Madison, Hacking, Impact Team, Infidelity, Vatican

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