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Flashback Data Breach (2015)

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Disclosed

February 1, 2015

4072 days ago

Records

41.1K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Government

Description

Flashback.org, Sweden's largest and anonymous forum, experienced a hacking incident in February 2015. Around 40,000 member records were stolen, containing sensitive information such as email addresses, government-issued IDs, home addresses, and social security numbers. The stolen data was subsequently sold to a popular Swedish tabloid newspaper, Aftonbladet, which published the list.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsGovernment IDsPhysical addressesEmail addresses
Flashback Data Breach (2015) - 41K Records | ExposedMap