The founder and CEO of the cheating website Ashley Madison announced his resignation on Friday, just a little over a month after the site was hacked.

Hackers broke into the site after Noel Biderman, the CEO of the site's parent company Avid Life Media, refused to concede to their demands and shut down Ashley Madison, an online network for users to facilitate extramarital affairs. As a result, the perpetrators began to release detailed records on millions of people registered with the website. It also revealed that 10,000 U.S. government employees used their work emails and computers to log onto the adultery site, reports the NYT.

"Noel Biderman, in mutual agreement with the company, is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Avid Life Media Inc, (ALM) and is no longer with the company," the company said in a statement, according to Wired.com. "This change is in the best interest of the company and allows us to continue to provide support to our members and dedicated employees. We are steadfast in our commitment to our customer base."

The hackers also accused the company of overstating how many women actually used AshleyMadison.com. According to one analysis, only 15 percent of the roughly 34 million users were female, but only a small fraction of those profiles were actually active.

In addition to exposing the registered users on Ashley Madison's spouse-cheating network, private emails from Biderman's corporate account were also leaked last week. The emails suggest that Biderman may have engaged in several extramarital affairs, despite his claims that he has never cheated on his wife. The couple have two young children together.

Biderman founded the site in 2001 and crowned himself as the "King of Infidelity." The motto of Ashley Madison is "Life is short. Have an affair."