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Breach occurred 2014-02-15Verifiedforbes.com
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Forbes data breach occurred on February 15, 2014. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on February 15, 2014.
1,057,819 accounts were affected by the Forbes data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Forbes breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, User website URLs, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Forbes breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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