Out of the 37 million clients revealed in the recent Ashley Madison hacking incident, three of them reportedly committed suicide.
Two alleged Ashley Madison users in Canada and one in the United States have taken their lives amidst the controversial leak. While the names, along with other personal information, of these three clients were included in the published list of Ashley Madison users, there were no confirmations that the leak caused their suicide.
Micheal Gorhum, who had served at the Police Department of San Antonio in Texas, USA, shot himself to death. His official email address was linked to an Ashley Madison account.
Meanwhile, the Toronto police in Canada held a press conference on Aug. 24 to announce two deaths in the country. "As of this morning, we have two unconfirmed reports of suicides associated with the leak of Ashley Madison's customers' profiles," said acting staff superintendent Bryce Evans.
Evans also pleaded the site to provide the authorities the information needed to proceed with the investigation. Evans left a word to the hackers, "I want to make it very clear to you that your actions are illegal. We will not be tolerating them. This is your wake-up call."
Avid Life Media, the company behind Ashley Madison, is offering a £240,000 reward to anyone who can provide information on the hackers, Daily Mail reported.
Ashley Madison is a website that provides services to people looking for extra-marital affairs. While the website guarantees the privacy of their clients, their security was breached by a group of hackers known as the Impact team.