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Private Investigator Startup Exploits Ashley Madison Hack

• Wired

But at private investigation startup Trustify, business is booming—and it's all thanks to the hack. The company has capitalized on the situation by launching a service last week that lets anyone search the data dump of Ashley Madison logins, while touting its PI wares to those who are, er, concerned by a name they've found on the list. "Find the truth," the company homepage says. "Get peace of mind."

Since the tool's release, critics have been calling foul, arguing that Trustify has not only exposed the private information of the site's users, but is further exploiting their situation by trying to sell its PI services. But much like Ashley Madison itself profited from potentially destroying the lives of the spouses looking to cheat, Trustify hasn't seemed all that concerned with its moral compass, well, until the bad publicity hit.


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