verified2014-02-15
ForbesForbes breach
forbes.com · 1,057,819 records compromised
Records
1.06M
Breach date
2014-02-15
Domain
forbes.com
Data classes
4
Description
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 classes· 4
Email addressesPasswordsUser website URLsUsernames
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.