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Breach occurred 2015-02-11Verifiedflashback.se
What happened
In February 2015, the Swedish forum known as Flashback had sensitive internal data on 40k members published via the tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet. The data was allegedly sold to them via Researchgruppen (The Research Group) who have a history of exposing otherwise anonymous users, primarily those who they believe participate in "troll like" behaviour. The compromised data includes social security numbers, home and email addresses.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Flashback data breach occurred on February 11, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on February 12, 2015.
40,256 accounts were affected by the Flashback data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Flashback breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Government issued IDs, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Flashback breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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