Forbes

What Happened

In February 2014, the Forbes website succumbed to an attack that leaked over 1 million user accounts. The attack was attributed to the Syrian Electronic Army, allegedly as retribution for a perceived "Hate of Syria". The attack not only leaked user credentials, but also resulted in the posting of fake news stories to forbes.com.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Passwords
User website URLs
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    1.1 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    February 2014

  • Added to HIBP:

    15 Feb 2014

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