While hackers are threatening to unleash customer data from adultery dating service Ashley Madison, Hollywood stars, comedians and media personalities are unleashing their best jokes on Twitter.
Andy Richter, Ike Barinholtz and Rob Delaney are among the funny people doing what they do best by having fun with what could very well be a serious issue for 37 million Ashley Madison users.
“Forget Ashley Madison, I’m worried they’ll hack FarmersOnly.com! If they find out I’m not a real farmer I’ll be ruined,” the “Conan” sidekick tweeted on Monday.
According to multiple media reports, hackers have already posted some data and are threatening to release all Ashley Madison’s customer records if the website isn’t shut down.
“We were recently made aware of an attempt by an unauthorized party to gain access to our systems,” Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, said in a statement. “At this time, we have been able to secure our sites, and close the unauthorized access points. We are working with law enforcement agencies, which are investigating this criminal act.”
Here are some of the best reactions TheWrap found on social media.
It is amazing that right before Hitler killed himself he wrote all those Ashley Madison dot com jingles
– Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) July 20, 2015
Forget Ashley Madison, I’m worried they’ll hack http://t.co/JUpprzi0JK! If they find out I’m not a real farmer I’ll be ruined!
– Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) July 20, 2015
So everyone outraged by what @Gawker did to that one guy is equally outraged by what hackers are doing 37m #AshleyMadison customers – right?
– Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) July 20, 2015
I guess handing over your darkest secrets to a huge online database (Ashley Madison) wasn’t as genius as it sounded? Play on, playas.
– Lucas Neff (@RealLucasNeff) July 20, 2015
Maybe I’m old-fashioned but I’ve always felt that websites like Ashley Madison take all the romance out of adultery.
– James Fritz (@fritzisdead) July 20, 2015
Some funny joke messages that *appear* to be from “my” Ashley Madison acct may surface in coming days. They are a gag!!. I respect my wife
– rob delaney (@robdelaney) July 20, 2015
The Ashley Madison hack doesn’t affect a #ChristianDadsWhoVape like me because my wife is my best friend & we have terrific sex a lot. ,
– rob delaney (@robdelaney) July 20, 2015
While I stress that the Ashley Madison hack will *NOT* affect me, I urge people to be kind to those it does (again not me) & not fire or div
– rob delaney (@robdelaney) July 20, 2015
Hacking of Ashley Madison is being investigated by the Poetic Justice Department.
– Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) July 20, 2015
I’m not much of a karma person, but all those people who are on Ashley Madison to cheat on their spouses kinda deserved to get hacked.
– Doug Benson (@DougBenson) July 20, 2015
Maybe I’m old-fashioned but I’ve always felt that websites like Ashley Madison take all the romance out of adultery.
– James Fritz (@fritzisdead) July 20, 2015
Ashley Madison hacking sting reveals lots of organ harvesting of rich married dudes.
– Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) July 20, 2015
I bet the password to the Ashley Madison mainframe was “696969”
– Matt O’Brien (@MattOBrien2) July 20, 2015
What’s the big deal about the Ashley Madison hack? All the spouses in the commercials during @sternshow seem pretty understanding.
– Andrew Gearhart (@AJGearhart) July 20, 2015
That face when she found out you have an Ashley Madison account. pic.twitter.com/XcVpjRwzkH
– Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 20, 2015
AshleyMadison site hacked… A lot of people are about to have a bad day! Divorce Attorneys rejoice! http://t.co/spspvATYOv
– SecBarbie (@SecBarbie) July 20, 2015
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