🗞 Forbes

3.6M total records 1.3M unique accounts

About this breach

In February 2014, the Forbes website was attacked, due to which more than 1 million user accounts leaked. Probably, the Syrian Electronic Army arranged the attack as retaliation for the alleged “hatred of Syria”. The attack also led to the posting of fake news on Forbes.com. Mails, passwords, nicknames and other data of one million users were compromised.

Compromised Data

This breach exposed the following types of personal information:

📩

1.3M

100% of accounts

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Nick

77.8% of accounts

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Full name

77.2% of accounts

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Password

270.1k

20.4% of accounts

Total data points: 3.6M

Unique accounts affected: 1.3M

🔐 What should I do?

Change your password immediately if you had an account
Enable two-factor authentication where possible
Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
Be aware of potential phishing attempts

📊 Data Classes

📩 Email 👤 Nick 👤 Full name 🔑 Password

API Access

Get information about this breach programmatically:

GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/Forbes