Verona Among Top 100 N.J. Communities for Ashley Madison Affairs

Personal data from a hack of the Ashley Madison hookup website that promotes “discreet” dating encounters continues to leak. And more information is becoming available and accessible to the public on the Internet.

And now New Jersey, and many of its communities, have found themselves in the crosshairs of that publicized information.

One Reddit data collection identified New Jersey as third highest on the list of states with the most unfaithful husbands and wives in the country, with more than 300,000 users - although the District of Columbia comes in higher.

And another data collection has identified the numbers of users in each county, and each state in the United States, putting those towns on a map called “Malfideleco,” which means “infidelity” in the Esperanto language.

Tecnilógica, a Madrid-based digital agency, created the world map that shows the distribution of Ashley Madison users around the world without identifying names. It also analyzed their composition in terms of gender balance (the list of New Jersey towns are below).

On the Reddit user list, Alabama was first, followed by Colorado, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Is this list plausible? Ridgewood, for example, has approximately 25,000 people, but the map says it has more than 6,000 Ashley Madison users. That means approximately 24 percent of the town’s residents have used the site.

In a 2014 report, Psychology Today magazine said more than 90 percent of Americans believe infidelity is unacceptable, yet 30 to 40 percent of the people engage in it. “Infidelity is associated with adverse outcomes such as depression, domestic violence, divorce, even homicide,” according to the report.

It is worth noting that a number of New Jersey towns don’t have their own postal address, and instead use a neighboring community’s town name (such as Little Egg Harbor, which uses Tuckerton).

The revelations go back more than a month, when a group of hackers called The Impact Team broke into Ashley Madison’s data, obtaining names and personal information — credit card info, sexual habits, likes and desires and such.

Some have targeted the hackers and the company, looking to punish them both for the data breach. The Canadian government, where Ashley Madison is located, said it is investigating two suicides possibly related to the hack, and some attorneys who have filed $578 million class action lawsuit against the company.

Ashley Madison is offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the people involved in the hack.

Here is the list of the 100 New Jersey communities identified as having the most Ashley Madison users:

1. Newark, 26,965
2. Jersey City, 15,823
3. Trenton, 15,504
4. Woodbridge, 13,925
5. Plainfield, 10,264
6. Toms River, 8,505
7. Wayne, 8,414
8. Clifton, 7,401
9. Somerset, 7,240
10. Elizabeth, 6,537
11. Cherry Hill, 6,289
12. Hoboken, 6,164
13. Ridgewood, 6,158
14. Union, 6,061
15. Camden, 5,934
16. Bloomfield, 5,494
17. Paterson, 5,398
18. Bridgewater, 4,929
19. Livingston, 4,874
20. Montclair, 4,779
21. Freehold, 4,542
22. New Brunswick, 3,937
23. Mount Laurel, 3,769
24. Linden, 3,698
25. Hackensack, 3,558
26. Marlton, 3,446
27. Bayone, 3,428
28. Parsippany, 3,410
29. Fort Lee, 3,372
30. Paramus, 3,325
31. Piscataway, 3,280
32. Atlantic City, 3,250
33. Williamstown, 3,164
34. East Brunswick, 2,981
35. North Bergen, 2,966
36. Irvington, 2,840
37. Sicklerville (section of Winslow Township), 2,752
38. Englishtown, 2,705
39. Verona, 2,679
40. Palmyra, 2,639
41. Red Bank, 2,608
42. Blackwood (section of Gloucester Township), 2,601
43. West Orange, 2,541
44. Clementon, 2,478
45. West New York, 2,470
46. Fairview, 2,442
47. Ridgefield, 2,432
48. Flemington, 2,395
49. Teaneck, 2,343
50. Little Falls, 2,320
51. North Brunswick, 2,258
52. Matawan, 2,177
53. Passaic, 2,177
54. Summit, 2,177
55. Kearney, 2,129
56. East Orange, 2,120
57. Millville, 2,077
58. Absecon, 2,073
59. Voorhees, 2,071
60. Asbury Park, 2,023
61. Ocean City, 2,017
62. Long Branch, 2,000
63. Philipsburg, 1,954
64. Bridgeton, 1,928
65. Nutley, 1,919
66. Pleasantville, 1,919
67. Hackettstown, 1,910
68. Belmar, 1,839
69. Fair Lawn, 1,821
70. Rutherford, 1,805
71. Mays Landing (section of Hamilton Township), 1,736
72. Rockaway, 1,729
73. Manahawkin (section of Stafford Township), 1,695
74. Garfield, 1,648
75. Lyndhurst, 1,602
76. Eatontown, 1,600
77. Rahway, 1,570
78. Secaucus, 1,506
79. Basking Ridge, 1,476
80. Point Pleasant Beach, 1,475
81. Hightstown, 1,473
82. South Plainfield, 1,415
83. Cranford, 1,295
84. Maple Shade, 1,294
85. Parlin (section of Old Bridge and Sayreville), 1,287
86. Scotch Plains, 1,269
87. Sayreville, 1,253
88. Barnegat, 1,233
89. Cliffside Park, 1,222
90. Denville, 1,218
91. Avenel (section of Woodbridge), 1,209
92. Hillside, 1,191
93. Hammonton, 1,176
94. Tuckerton, 1,169
95. Browns Mills, 1,149
96. Forked River (section of Lacey Township), 1,142
97. Bordentown, 1,123
98. Bergenfield, 1,118
99. Glassboro, 1,115

100. Plainsboro, 1,105