Ashley Madison: nearly all female accounts were fake or dormant

Almost all the female profiles on the illicit affairs dating site Ashley Madison were never used, according to a comprehensive data analysis by tech news website Gizmodo.The site ran numerous tests on stolen data leaked by hackers earlier this month and found that thousands of the profiles registered to people identifying as female appeared to be fake, and millions were never used at all.According to the site's editor-in-chief, Annalee Newitz, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests Ashley Madison "is a site where tens of millions of men write mail, chat, and spend money for women who aren't there."Subscribe to The WeekEscape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.Sign up for The Week's Free NewslettersFrom our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your...