Hacker team that hacked Ashley Madison says they were blackmailing own users

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Impact Team claims to have a total of 300GB's worth of employee emails and internal, corporate documents waiting in the wings. In addition, the group was able to steal "tens of thousands" of Ashley Madison user pictures, chat records and messages.

At least there is a silver lining for the website's former users -- while approximately one-third of the stolen images are "dick pictures," Impact Team said they will not dump these online. In addition, most employee emails will be safe -- although communication from Ashley Madison executives may not be so.

The hacking group took on Avid Life Media's Ashley Madison domain after claiming the "Paid Delete" function, which permanently removed user account details for a fee, did not perform as advertized. Instead, there are "many accounts" which prove the feature duped users into handing over additional money for no return, according to Impact Team.

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