Hackers threaten to release customer data unless the site stays offline or the site is shut down. 34 million people may be waking up to news of Ashley Madison being compromised, shortly before jumping on the next plane to [insert tropical paradise here] The hackers, called The Impact Team, claim their issues with the website are based around charges to delete data. Asking users to pay for data deletion has been around for a while, in various forms from revenge porn sites to pages which upload criminal Mugshots then ask you to pay to remove (often, you’ll find the mugshot simply pops up on a related site asking for more money).”]