Ashley Madison Operator, FTC Agree To $8.75M Judgment On Deceptive Acts Claims

(December 19, 2016, 9:59 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Dec. 14, the Federal Trade Commission and the operator of the Ashley Madison website filed a joint motion in District of Columbia federal court, seeking entry of a stipulated order on claims over the site operator’s lapses in security that led to a 2015 data breach and its practice of creating false user profiles to induce customers to purchase its services (Federal Trade Commission v. ruby Corp., et al., No. 1:16-cv-02438, D. D.C.)....