read more, including screencaps from the original data:In 2013, conservative reality TV star Josh Duggar—of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting fame—was named the executive director of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group in D.C. which seeks “to champion marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society.” During that time, he also maintained a paid account on Ashley Madison, a web site created for the express purpose of cheating on your spouse.
In May 2015, Duggar was forced to resign after In Touch Weekly reported that he had molested five young girls (four of whom were his own sisters) beginning in 2002. When the accusations became public, the family went into crisis mode, insisting that Josh had reformed and that the media covering the claims was intent on “exploiting women.”
Josh himself took to his family’s Facebook page to absolve himself of his past indiscretions and assure the world he was back on a righteous path:
Twelve years ago, as a young teenager I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends. I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation. We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling. I understood that if I continued down this wrong road that I would end up ruining my life. I sought forgiveness from those I had wronged and asked Christ to forgive me and come into my life. I would do anything to go back to those teen years and take different actions. In my life today, I am so very thankful for God’s grace, mercy and redemption.
And his wife, for her part, certainly seemed to believe it:
And when you, our sweet fans, first met me when Josh asked me to marry him... I was able to say, “Yes” knowing who Josh really is - someone who had gone down a wrong path and had humbled himself before God and those whom he had offended. Someone who had received the help needed to change the direction of his life and do what is right. I want to say thank you to those who took time over a decade ago to help Josh in a time of crisis. Your investment changed his life from going down the wrong path to doing what is right.
But data released online in the wake of the hack on Ashley Madison’s servers certainly seems to show otherwise. Someone using a credit card belonging to a Joshua J. Duggar, with a billing address that matches the home in Fayetteville, Arkansas owned by his grandmother Mary—a home that was consistently shown on their now-cancelled TV show, and in which Anna Duggar gave birth to her first child—paid a total of $986.76 for two different monthly Ashley Madison subscriptions from February of 2013 until May of 2015.
http://gawker.com/family-values-acti...-ma-1725132091
Shocker. What next, a congressman railing against the "gay agenda" getting arrested for soliciting a male pros ute?
Must be fun stuff to go through the list and match emails to different databases
While I love it when hypocrites get exposed, it still makes me uncomfortable that a majority seem okay with the massive invasion of privacy that this leak was.
Lol
This was no leak it was a hack attack. Obviously a felony if the hackers are found.
Who else will be caught? There has to be others!!!
Okay.
Regardless of semantics, sucks for all of the regular Joe's and Jane's who may have their lives turned upside down despite not doing anything illegal (and in a lot of cases, with complete permission from their spouses.)
If they had permission from spouses they should have nothing to worry about
If not then
Feeling vicariously threatened?
That isn't semantics either. If the hacker get caughts its a felony. It's not like he is going to get Snowden sympathy.
I'm not concerned with what happens to the hacker, I'm concerned with the public's lack of concern about the hack because of all the juicy gossip.
And moreso if voicing that concern means I must be cheating on my spouse.
It's ironic that the same Internet community that champions privacy is supportive of and enjoying the leaks.
You're like a guy complaining about bullying when the other guy put you in a comma
So youre concerned about the public's lack of concern over hacking. I dunno there have been several high profile government, banking, and other hacks that have led to all manner of media attention, law enforcement response and legislation. They've been making ty movies about it for some time too.
How is it not a privacy issue?
You're like a guy complaining about bullying when the other guy put you in a comma
Privacy is if someone or the government got a hold of your data via "legal" means.
This is plain old robbery
It's the lack of concern over certain hacks. The public is generally okay with this hack and a lot are cheering it on. A hack is a hack and private information is private information.
Sure hackers are a concern. Just like robbers are. Don't mean we can't laugh at some idiots
Of course, because those hacks typically involve people's credit card info and there is more of a "that could have been me" perception.
With this one, on the other hand, it's all fair game because these people deserve it or something. As though they give up their privacy when they engage in legal activity that we have decided is immoral.
Sort of like the Pro Life argument that it's okay for the law to require you to carry a pregnancy to term because "if you didn't want a baby you shouldn't have had sex."
Yeah laughing at some idiots for posting their personal info on a cheating site is equivalent to forcing women to carry out their 9 month pregnancies
even CNN going HAM on the dummies
"Some people were idiotic enough to sign up using company and government work email addresses, making them especially easy to positively identify."
I do think though that some rich fat cat will offer millions to someone track down the hackers...and kill them...and when that happens it will change the game for these hacker frost kings who think ing with millionaires who can and will put a hit out on them...is a fun game...
I'm waiting for someone to say theres a hit out on the hackers..it will change the global hacker game when they know someone is hunting them....
Same thing with Donald trunp..I betcha he nevers utters the name El Chapo ever again...Trump ran to Obama and the FBI crying for help when El Chapo threatended to cut his head off..so much for him keeping it real political correctness be damed...
How many women signed up...thats what I want to know...
"Some people were idiotic enough to sign up using company and government work email addresses, making them especially easy to positively identify."
About 30% were women. ty website imo
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