Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-02-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Forbes
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Syrian Electronic Army
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Syrian Arab Republic
Description: The Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes, stealing user data and posting fake stories to its Web site. Forbes acknowledges the hack stating that e-mail addresses may have been exposed but passwords are encrypted. Apparently 1 million user records are spilled.