Intimate details of sexual fantasies and personal information of Australian members of a cheating website have been released online.
AAP has obtained a copy of the leaked files that contain email addresses and personal messages which appear to be from members of Ashley Madison.
The file contains detailed personal information from Australian users with one message reading:
"I'm open-minded and adventurous (both in and out of the bedroom), and love passionate sex - giving as much as receiving," included in the message data was the user's name, location in Sydney and email.
Postal addresses from around Australia were also in the file, including a Riley St in Sydney and the details of a wedding photographer in Brisbane.
As well as the addresses, phone numbers and names were also included.
Ashley Madison, which describes itself as "the most famous name in infidelity" and offers members the ability to arrange affairs, last month became the target of a hacker group.
The file titled `One Per Day' contains thousands of messages and emails that appear to be connected to users of the website.
The file is just one document in a huge dump of data which has been reposted several times online.
The hacker group, known as Impact Team, made good on a threat to post the information online by releasing the data on Wednesday to the dark web, which operates below the public internet and is only accessible through a special browser.
"Avid Life Media has failed to take down Ashley Madison and Established Men," the hacker group posted on a website.
Avid Life Media, a Canadian-based company, owns both websites.
"We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM and their members. Now everyone gets to see their data," the hacker group said in its posting.
Avid Life Media responded to the data dump saying it had referred the matter to law enforcement agencies.
"This event is not an act of hacktivism, it is an act of criminality. It is an illegal action against the individual members of AshleyMadison.com, as well as any freethinking people who choose to engage in fully lawful online activities," Avid Life Media said in a statement.
Late last year Ashley Madison claimed to have more than 17 million users in 26 countries. According to Fairfax Media nearly one million of those are Australian.
A Melbourne man told AAP his details had been stolen months ago and were now included in the data leak.
"It's not good, we had stuff stolen ages ago," he said.
"We cancel our cards every three weeks, that is the advice from the banks."
He was among the many Australians details listed in the dump.
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