Well over 100,000 Irish people are registered users of an affairs website that was hacked this week

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Earlier this week, you might have heard about the hacking of AshleyMadison.com, an online dating agency for married people seeking affairs. Despite the questionable motives of those using the site, it has proved extremely popular around the world. With that in mind, nearly 38 million people must have been worried about the potential leaking of some very personal information by hackers, who wanted Ashley Madison and another website, Established Men, taken down permanently. If their wishes weren't acceded to, they threatened to release all customer records, including profiles with all the customers’ secret sexual fantasies and matching credit card transactions, real names and addresses, and employee documents and emails. Find out more here. But how many of those 38 million or so people seeking some extra-marital activity are Irish? A very small percentage, as it turns out, but taken in the context that Ireland is a pretty small country with a small population, it's a significant enough number all the same. A 'global infidelity map' published on the Ashley Madison Twitter account suggested that 2.5% of the Irish population were members of the website, which works out at around approximately 115,000 people. https://twitter.com/ashleymadison/status/622080853699485697 View larger image here On a per capita basis, that puts Ireland in the top ten in the world and third in Europe behind Switzerland and Spain, with Canada, USA and Australia leading the way in terms of cheating globally. Just in case you happen to be one of those 115,000 or so people by the way (your business is your business) you can read the most recent statement by Avid Life Media, owners of AshleyMadison.com, here. Hat-tip to the Irish Times