909,848
Records Exposed
Feb 2014
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
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 Types
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Password Storage
phpBB
Category
Business Magazine
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Forbes and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
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