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Breach occurred 2024-07-09Verifiedheritage.org
What happened
In July 2024, hacktivists published almost 2GB of data taken from The Heritage Foundation and their media arm, The Daily Signal. The data contained 72k unique email addresses, primarily used for commenting on articles (along with names, IP addresses and the comments left) and by content contributors (along with usernames and passwords stored as either MD5 or phpass hashes).
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The The Heritage Foundation data breach occurred on July 9, 2024. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on July 10, 2024.
72,004 accounts were affected by the The Heritage Foundation data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The The Heritage Foundation breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the The Heritage Foundation breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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