Data breach at "Forbes"

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Forbes
Forbes
http://forbes.com
Date
Description
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.
Amount of leaked user accounts
1057819
Leaked Data
Email addresses, Passwords, User website URLs, Usernames