{"id":9819,"date":"2023-11-30T17:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/affair-hotspots\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:44:34","slug":"affair-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/affair-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Affair hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"metasingle\"> \t\t\t\t<span class=\"postDate\">Tuesday, September 1st, 2015<\/span> | <span class=\"postAuthor\">Posted by <a href=\"\/blog\/author\/tayla\/\" title=\"Posts by Tayla Kershaw\" rel=\"author\">Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/metas <!-- --> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"singlePageTitle\">Affair hotspots<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SOUTH Gippslanders are allegedly among those caught up in the hacking of affairs website Ashley Madison, with claims six account holders live in the Leongatha district.<\/p>\n<p>Australian demographics website NationMaster last week stated it had analysed the credit card transaction log leaked by hackers and revealed details about account holders residing in South Gippsland.<\/p>\n<p>Account holders are married people seeking an affair. The website promotes itself as \u201cthe world&#8217;s leading married dating service for discreet\u00a0encounters\u201d and carries the slogan \u201cLife is short. Have an affair\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NationMaster\u2019s statistics claimed there were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>six account holders within the 3953 postcode (Leongatha, Hallston, Leongatha South);<\/li>\n<li>six within Inverloch\u2019s 3996 postcode;<\/li>\n<li>six within Wonthaggi\u2019s 3995 postcode;<\/li>\n<li>four within Korumburra\u2019s 3950 postcode;<\/li>\n<li>four within the 3956 postcode (Dumbalk, Meeniyan, Tarwin Lower, Venus Bay);<\/li>\n<li>four within Mirboo North\u2019s 3871 postcode;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>one each at Nyora, Buffalo, Foster North, Foster, Toora;<\/li>\n<li>11 at San Remo and Phillip Island; and<\/li>\n<li>Four within the 3984 postcode (Corinella to Lang Lang).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The topic created discussion on <em>The Star\u2019s<\/em> Facebook page, when this newspaper asked \u201cWhat do you think of married people having affairs?\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gary.s.burns.3?fref=ufi\">Gary Burns<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cTo answer your question it\u2019s no one\u2019s business except the people involved and the partners they are cheating on. If they get caught out then they need to deal with the consequences that follow\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melissamiles61?fref=ufi\">Melissa Miles<\/a>: \u201cThey shouldn&#8217;t be having an affair. If they\u2019re not happy in their marriage they should get out so lol if they have been on a dating website and have been found out\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/karl.misale?fref=ufi\">Sarah N Karl Misale<\/a>: \u201cSounds like a fun game of Cluedo but with a sultry, sexy twist!\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/susan.ward.5283?fref=ufi\">Sue Allan Ward<\/a>: \u201cIf you date while married what is the point? Not happy, get out, especially the partner who is not cheating\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caz.allen.5?fref=ufi\">Caz Allen<\/a>: \u201cI don&#8217;t find it particularly newsworthy. Its concerning actually as there are reports of at least two suicides over this mess\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pam.blake.31?fref=ufi\">Pam Blake<\/a>: \u201cI&#8217;m sure the other parties have the right to know that there partner is not who they say they are. Bring it on I say\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dina.drury?fref=ufi\">Dina Drury<\/a>: \u201cThat is their personal business\u201d; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iznaya?fref=ufi\">Iznaya Kennedy<\/a>: \u201cI don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s place to say what people should and shouldn&#8217;t be doing. They already know and do it anyway, for reasons totally shaped by conditioning and individual circumstance. Your own feelings about someone else&#8217;s behaviours are irrelevant. Exposing someone as a member of this site will cause harm and not solely to the intended parties. Leave it alone, it&#8217;s not your business unless there is family violence. Then, by all means, use the proper channels.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AshleyMadison.com said the release of the hacked information was \u201can illegal action against the individual members of AshleyMadison.com, as well as any freethinking people who choose to engage in fully lawful online activities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe criminal, or criminals, involved in this act have appointed themselves as the moral judge, juror, and executioner, seeing fit to impose a personal notion of virtue on all of society,\u201d the website stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to fully cooperate with law enforcement to seek to hold the guilty parties accountable to the strictest measures of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The website invited anyone with information that can lead to the identification, arrest and conviction of the hackers to contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:information@avidlifemedia.com\">information@avidlifemedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Short URL<\/strong>: \/?p=16077<\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"entryMeta\"> \t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4ba34fb3f53e7e3c7424f939a49e3a2?s=39&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4ba34fb3f53e7e3c7424f939a49e3a2?s=78&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-39 photo' height='39' width='39' \/>\t\t\t\t\tPosted by  <a href=\"\/blog\/author\/tayla\/\" title=\"Posts by Tayla Kershaw\" rel=\"author\">Tayla Kershaw<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Sep 1 2015. 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