Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It was a first-of-its-kind online dating site, one where the clients were already married and looking to have an affair. While Ashley Madison drew rebuke and ridicule for its product, its business soared, with millions of married people across the globe subscribing to the service. But hackers who infiltrated their system made an ultimatum: shut Ashley Madison down or we’ll release all of your customers’ data. Not only did the fortunes of the company hang in the balance, but so did the relationships of all those unfaithful spouses who thought they were paying for discretion. The Netflix documentary series Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal looks into the rise of the notorious website and the headline-grabbing 2015 data breach. It also tells the stories of those who used the site and faced the public and private consequences of exposure. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Toby Paton. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:18.7	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode, we take a closer look
0:23.9	at the Netflix documentary series, Ashley Madison,
0:27.2	sex, lies, and scandal.
0:29.3	By 2015, we had 35 to 40 million members at Ashley Madison.
0:34.0	It was a cash cow.
0:36.0	And then all of a sudden,
0:38.0	the ship really hit the fan.
0:41.0	Today we're talking to director Toby Payton. It was a first of its kind online
0:46.0	dating site, one where the clients were already married and looking to have an affair.
0:50.6	While Ashley Madison drew rebuke and ridicule for its product, its business
0:55.8	soared with millions of married people across the globe subscribing to the service. But hackers
1:02.1	who infiltrated their system made an ultimatum.
1:05.5	Shut Ashley Madison down or will release all of your customers' data.
1:10.6	Not only did the fortunes of the company hang in the balance, but so did the relationships of those unfaithful spouses who thought they were paying for discretion.
1:19.0	The Netflix documentary series Ashley Madison, Sex, Lies, and Scandal, looks into the rise of the
1:25.8	notorious website and the headline grabbing 2015 data breach.
1:31.0	It also tells the stories of those who use the site and face the public and private consequences of exposure.
1:37.0	They told you how protected you were.
1:40.0	I trusted they would lock it down hard.
1:45.0	But when I signed up for Ashley Madison, I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life. And I'm joined now by Director Toby Payton.
1:53.0	Toby, welcome to you can make this up. And I'm joined now by director Toby Payton.
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