Ashley Madison hack: banking staff could be vulnerable to blackmail

Web security expert urges companies to watch out for employees who signed up to the adultery website being coerced into giving away market secrets

Companies are being urged to identify employees who could be blackmailed into revealing sensitive market information following the Ashley Madison data dump.

After hackers leaked 37 million email addresses used by people who had accessed the Toronto-based adultery website, there are fears that blackmailers will start demanding money to keep the details of extra-marital affairs secret.