Avid Life Media, the parent company of the recently controversial adultery website Ashley Madison, released in a statement yesterday that 87, 596 women had signed up for Ashley Madison last week, despite the recent incident involving hackers leaking data about millions of its cliental.
Avid Life stated in an article published by NBC News, “Last week alone, women sent more than 2.8 million messages within our platform.”
On Aug. 18, hackers released customer information after claiming dissatisfaction with Avid Life.
According to reports by CNN, “Hackers posted 32 million names, credit card numbers, email information and physical addresses of people using the site, along with their sexual preferences.” This massive leak of information is believed to have prompted many suicides since the release.
The company also states, “Recent media reports predicting the imminent demise of Ashley Madison are greatly exaggerated. Despite having our business and customers attacked, we are growing.”
On Aug. 28, CEO Noel Biderman resigned. Avid Life comments, “This change is in the best interest of the company and allows us to continue to provide support to our members and dedicated employees.”
The company said it is laboring to build Ashley Madison back up before the hack and is in cooperation with law enforcement in tracking down the hackers responsible.