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Hackers have threatened to release the information of 37 million cheating spouses on the website Ashley Madison and it turns out a lot of them are living in capital cities.

The Canadian-based “married dating” website was attacked by hackers who want the portal to infidelity shut down for good. None of the information has yet been released, and the website’s parent’s company — which also owns Cougarlife.com — was planning to go public later this year. Though the site has apologized for the breach, business reports suggest it can “kiss its IPO goodbye.”

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But the fallout may rock more than just the company boardroom: According to the website’s data, political capitals around the world boast an abundance of users.

Almost one in five Ottawa residents have an Ashley Madison profile, according to data the website provided to the National Post in February.

The website says it has 189,810 users in the Ottawa area, a city with a population of 883,000. They don’t say how many of those accounts are active, so some could be toss away accounts or fakes ones created out of curiosity.