Oakville high on list of regions that spent most on Ashley Madison An analysis of Ashley Madison credit card transactions reveals the communities where Canadians spent the most money on the adultery-promoting dating website. On Tuesday, hackers released a deluge of data allegedly stolen from the Toronto-based company, including seven years' worth of billing data. The leak included partial credit card numbers, transaction amounts and the street addresses of customers. To protect the customers' privacy, the Toronto Star has aggregated the transactions by the first three digits of each postal code. The accuracy of the data itself cannot be verified. All of the site's members are consenting adults. Topping the list is the corner of Toronto's Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. W. Not coincidentally, this is also the location of the main office of Avid Life Media Inc., Ashley Madison's parent company. More than $215,000 in transactions are recorded at the company's address. The small town of Lloydminster, which straddles the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, is the second-highest spending postal code in the country. The records suggest $142,000 worth of transactions originated from this corner of Alberta alone. Postal codes in Milton and Oakville are third and fourth, respectively. The two GTA neighbourhoods spent more than $130,000 each on the online service. A postal code in Guelph, Ont. rounds out the top five highest spenders. In contrast, neighbourhoods in Selkirk, Man., Moncton, N.B., and downtown Montreal spent the least amount on Ashley Madison, the data indicate. These total dollar figures do not control for the population within each postal code. Last Thursday, Avid Life Media said in a statement it was working with several law enforcement agencies to find those responsible for the breach. "Regardless of the nature of the content, our customers, this company, and its employees are all exercising their legal and individual rights, and all deserve the ability to do so unhindered by outside interference, vigilantism, selective moralizing and judgment," the statement said. The company had previously said it never stored members' full credit card numbers. Computers linked to the Department of National Defence and the House of Commons were used to make some of the credit card purchases. Some of the names mentioned in the House of Commons transaction records are easily verifiable as current or former staffers. In the DND transaction records, some of the addresses are DND facilities. National Defence referred most questions to the federal Treasury Board, which has an overall responsibility. Lisa Murphy, spokesperson for the Treasury Board, would only say that the government has rules for the professional and personal use of its computers. She declined to answer a series of specific questions, but referenced the government's guidelines that say every breach of the rules is dealt with on an individual basis. In a written statement, a DND spokesperson echoed some of Murphy's statement, and said the department "has policies and practices in place to deter, detect and enforce unauthorized and prohibited computer use." Last Thursday, a second batch of data was released by the hackers who took responsibility for the first breach. The second leak see Finding pg. 20 3 | Thursday, August 27, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com inside today's Spotlight Health Arts Beaver www.insideHALTON.com 6 34 36 Sports Classified 38 43 Ashley Furniture, Pharmasave Drugs, Metro, M&M Meats, Salvation Army, Rabba, Loblaws, Rona, Corbeil, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Lowes, SoftMoc, Michael Angelo's, Food Basics, Swiss Chalet, Cogeco, Samtack, Omer DeSerres, Oakville Hydro, Jysk Bed & Bath, Hudson's Bay Co., Leon's Furniture, National Sports, Home Outfitters, Fortino's, Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart, Atmosphere, Staples, PartSource, Sport Chek, Rexall, Pharma Plus, Pro Hockey Life, Bouclair, Carters, Beddington's Bed & Bath, The Source, Sears, Longo's, Canadian Tire, Best Buy, Home Depot, Freshco, Sobeys *All flyers not necessarily delivered to all homes For home delivery & customer service call 905-631-6095, 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington New subscriptions call 905-631-6095 or subscribe online at www.oakvillebeaver.com Interlocking Tumblestone, Retaining Walls, Garden Installation, Sodding & Excavating, Call for FREE Estimate plus more (905) 827-8158 · www.rogerslandscaping.org st Ce! la n a h C moving sale S O u t h O a k v i l l e C e n t Re SO Skyway Jewellers off* 40% seleCt ReG. PRiCe* 60-90% seleCt ReG. PRiCe* off* 10k & 14k PReCiOuS and SeMi-PReCiOuS jewelleRy laMPe BeRGeR thomas saBo GiftwaRe SteRlinG SilveR esPe (scents & lamps) *Sa l e e x Cl u d e S Pa n d O R a South Oakville Centre · 1515 Rebecca St. · 905.469.0520 www.skywayjewellers.com