Forbes Data Breach

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.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Forbes password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Forbes — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.