Emails implicate Ashley Madison CTO in hack of rival dating website

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'I got their entire user base,' Ashley Madison chief technology officer Raja Bhatia emailed his boss

Leaked emails from adultery dating website Ashley Madison implicate the company in the hacking of the user database of a rival website by the company's own chief technology officer (CTO). The em...

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