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Forbes data breach (2014)

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".

Victim
Forbes
records
1.1M
SectorMedia

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2014-02-15, Forbes was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,057,819 accounts were exposed. 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".

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Forbes
  2. forbes.comhttps://forbes.com

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