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The Heritage Foundation data breach (2024)

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…

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The Heritage Foundation
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72.0K
SectorRetail

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 2024-07-09, The Heritage Foundation was affected by a data breach. Approximately 72,004 accounts were exposed. 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…

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#TheHeritageFoundation
  2. heritage.orghttps://heritage.org

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