The unfortunate encounter one Australian woman had with a radio show duo in Sydney is the latest sad story to emerge from the Ashley Madison hack.

The cheating website was infiltrated by hackers this week, in what they said was an attempt to highlight a lack of proper security.

A database of information has been published to the dark net.

One Australian radio show found a website that claimed to be able to confirm whether or not a person was registered with the adulterous service.

Nova 96.9 hosts Fitzy and Wippa invited listeners to call in and check if their spouse was registered with the site.

One woman did just that, and was shocked to learn - live on air - that her husband is registered.

“We’re putting him into this website right now and his details have revealed that he’s actually on the website.”

After an uncomfortable exchange she ended the call.

The hosts themselves were clearly not happy with the segment, describing it as regrettable.

“I don’t know if we should have done that. That hasn’t left me with a good feeling. What a horrible situation to be in.”

The interview is not available on the podcast section of Nova Australia website, but it is still available elsewhere on the web:

The interview opened with Jo (not her real name) explaining why she had become suspicious about her husband:

“When that little thing came on the news about the Ashley Madison hack he sort of went a bit funny and I looked at him  and said, ‘What’s up?’ and he said, ‘Nothing’,” said Jo.

“I asked him straight out and he said, ‘Don’t be stupid, we’re married, we’ve got two kids’.”

“His hours have changed, his phone’s very close to him now, bits of money, where have they gone? ... He’s very snippy.”

“I feel like we’re on Jerry Springer,” said Fitzy.

“We’re putting him into this website right now and his details have revealed that he’s actually on the website Jo.”

Jo said, “Are you serious?”

“Yeah I’m sorry,” said Fitzy.

“Are you freaking kidding me? These websites are disgusting and that girl that called before, she should be ashamed of herself,” said Jo.

Jo hangs up.

Immediate Regret

Fitzy and Wippa continued to discuss what had happened in the exchange with Jo after she ended her call.

Admitting they were not feeling good about what they had done they urged her to give her husband a chance to explain.

“I don’t know if we should have done that,” said Wippa.

“That hasn’t left me with a good feeling. What a horrible situation to be in.”

“He may have signed up, he may have regretted it,” said Wippa.

“Jo obviously needs to have a conversation with him and find out how far it’s gone.”

“I’m sorry that that happened Jo. I feel a bit bad,” said Wippa.

Australian radio pushes boundaries

It is not the first time Australian radio has come under fire for its appropriateness.

In 2012 a nurse in the UK died by suicide after accidentally discussing Kate Middleton's condition with an Australian radio show whose presenters rang the London hospital she was staying in claiming to be the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian tricked nurse Jacinta Saldanha into giving them confidential information about the princess, live on air.

The nurse was found dead a couple of days later.

An inquest into her death ruled that the call had been on her mind, though the hospital assured her that they knew she had been the victim of a hoax.

This latest twist in the Ashley Madison hack scandal comes as customers of the website are warned not to risk exposing themselves a second time.