# Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (2024)

> A three-part British documentary miniseries examines the hacking of the Ashley Madison dating site and the exposure of millions of users' secret affairs.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/168242

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 53 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Joel Eriksson, Marc Morgenstern, Darren Morgenstern, Katie Couric, Joy Behar, Nancy Grace, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32307741/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: sober, tense, investigative, uncomfortable

## What critics say

Viewers found the documentary a wild and cautionary account of the Ashley Madison hack, though some wished it had gained access to more insiders.

## Synopsis

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (2024) is a British documentary miniseries released on Netflix, a three-episode true crime docuseries with an investigative edge. Its through-line follows the hacking of a dating website built for people seeking adulterous affairs, an event that exposed millions of users' intimate data and wrecked marriages across the world. Rather than dramatizing events, the series assembles testimony from cyber security consultant Joel Eriksson and cyber forensics expert André Catry, alongside former Ashley Madison creative director Marc Morgenstern and founder Darren Morgenstern, who appears in archive footage. The engine is the slow unravelling of how the breach happened and who was caught in its wake, with each episode pushing deeper into the fallout for ordinary people whose secrets were suddenly public. Archive clips of daytime talk show hosts including Katie Couric, Nancy Grace and Barbara Walters show how the scandal was debated on American television, adding a wry, sometimes uncomfortable perspective on public judgment. The tone is sober and tense, with a moral undercurrent about privacy, betrayal and accountability. Fans of The Social Dilemma, Making a Murderer and Mr. Robot will find the same blend of digital unease and human consequence. Its short runtime makes it an easy one-sitting watch.

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