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TV show on the hunt for victims of the Ashley Madison data breach-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro
The production company is calling out for people to share their story.
Minnow Films is working on an Ashley Madison documentary (Reuters/Mark Blinch)
A production company is looking for victims of the Ashley Madison leak for a new documentary series.
Minnow Films has sent out a call for anyone impacted by the 2015 data breach which saw the website – which urges people to cheat on their partners – targeted by hackers, who published the information of millions of customers online.
Now, the London-based studio is looking for various people to tell their stories seven years on, with the idea of making a film focused on ‘the real story’, whether it’s from people who were uncovered in the leak, or found out they had a partner on the site.
In a casting call, they said: ‘Were you or anyone you know a victim of the data breach? Are you the partner of someone who was discovered to be on Ashley Madison?
‘Minnow Films, a multi award-winning production company renowned for making thought-proving, sensitive and bold documentaries are making a documentary series for a global premium streaming platform about the Ashley Madison data hack.
‘We’re looking to speak to people who were victims of the hack or those who were impacted by the data breach – we want to tell the real story from those most affected.
The data breach occurred back in 2015 (Picture: Reuters/Bobby Yip)
‘All initial conversations are confidential, and you can speak with us anonymously about your experience of the hack.’
According to its official website, Minnow prides itself on the ‘quality, character and flair’ in their team’s work, having been founded in 2006 by BAFTA award-winning director Morgan Matthews.
In 2019, they won a BAFTA Craft award for Ben Anthony’s Grenfell documentary, while they won a BAFTA six years earlier with 7/7: One Day IN London about the terror attack.
Two years after the breach, Ruby Corp – which owns Ashley Madison – promised to pay $11.2 million to 37 million former users who were suing the company over the incident.
In 2019, it was revealed the site had hit 60 million members, with around 14,500 new members joining every day in 2018.
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