Ashley Madison adultery website facing $757m lawsuit

Two Canadian law firms have filed a CAN$757m (€511.3m) lawsuit against the companies that run Ashley Madison after a hacker group's data breach exposed some 39 million memberships of the adultery website.

Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, both of Ontario, said they filed the class-action lawsuit on behalf of Canadians who subscribed to Ashley Madison and whose personal information was disclosed to the public.