The actual data breach occurred in July 2015. For good reason, Biderman and other executives at Ashley Madison thought Harrison was behind it. What they didn't know was Harrison had committed suicide on March 5, 2014. Four days after the breach, Krebs was messaged through the contact form on his website. It contained all the leaked data from Ashley Madison, including Biderman's cell phone number.

Krebs called Biderman who already knew what was doing on. "We’re on the doorstep of [confirming] who we believe is the culprit, and unfortunately that may have triggered this mass publication," he told Krebs. The person or individuals who claimed responsibility called themselves the Impact Team. Biderman thought it was Harrison, but he was obviously wrong.

Krebs didn't find out about Harrison's suicide until nearly a decade later when he tried to track him down. This led him to Harrison's stepmother who told him Harrison shot himself. "I’ve heard all those stories you just mentioned," she said to Krebs. "Will was severely mentally ill. He was probably as close to a sociopath as I can imagine anyone being. He was also a paranoid schizophrenic who wouldn’t take his medication." She said Harrison was Jewish though he didn't practice.

Krebs admitted this is largely an unsatisfying conclusion to this story. However he did provide one silver lining. At one point, Harrison was married and had a son. His ex-wife had since remarried and her new husband adopted her son.