Ashley Madison let off with $1.66m fine over huge hack

Customers receive nothing from settlement with US Federal Trade Commission, which decided owner Ruby Corp was unable to pay full $17.5m penalty

The owner of hacked infidelity website Ashley Madison will pay a sharply discounted $1.66m penalty to settle US investigations into lax data security and deceptive practices.

The remainder of a $17.5m settlement was suspended based on privately held Ruby Corp's inability to pay.