Last week, hackers exposed about 37 million users of the extramarital affair site. Avid Life Media, Ashley Madison's owner, faces a class-action lawsuit seeking $760 million in damages.
Toronto police warned hackers of the Ashley Madison infidelity website that their actions "won't be tolerated," and said there are two unconfirmed suicides linked to the breach.
"This hack is one of the largest data breaches in the world," said Staff Supt. Bryce Evans at a Monday morning news conference.
More than 30 million email addresses and some credit card data were released as a result of the hack last month.
"Your actions are illegal and won't be tolerated," said Evans about a case also now being investigated by Canada's privacy commissioner.
He didn't give any further details where the unconfirmed suicide cases may have occurred. Evans also said there have been reports of hate crimes connected to the hack.
Avid Life Media, which runs the infidelity website, has offered $500,000 to anyone who contributes information that leads to an arrest in the case. The Toronto-based company has not revealed how much data was stolen by hackers.
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