NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of
Investigation is investigating last month's data breach of
cheating spouses website AshleyMadison.com, the website's owner
said on Tuesday as it lashed out at the hackers for hurting what
it said were "innocent" citizens.
It was the first time Avid Line Media confirmed the FBI had
joined the investigation. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the
Ontario Provincial Police and the Toronto Police Services are
also involved, it said.
Hours earlier, the hackers who call themselves The Impact
Team released a huge cache of data containing customer
information, including email addresses and credit card details,
on the Internet.
The hackers have appointed themselves as "the moral judge,
juror, and executioner, seeing fit to impose a personal notion
of virtue on all of society," the statement said.
"These are illegitimate acts that have real consequences for
innocent citizens who are simply going about their daily lives,"
it said.