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forbes.com Domain Breach Exposure Report

Risk Score

High Risk

Massive event volume or critical assets compromised.

AI Findings Summary

Critical

The domain forbes.com has experienced a significant exposure event, with 20,333 total events recorded over the past year. The majority of these events, 17,464 (85.9%), are classified as historical data breaches, while 2,869 (14.1%) are active infostealer logs. A substantial number of clients, 16,163, and employees, 4,170, are affected. The timeline shows a notable surge in employee and client involvement during January 2026, with 2,604 employees and 1,153 clients impacted, and another spike in client impact in March 2026 with 4,447 clients affected. Malware families such as LummaC2, Rhadamanthys, and Redline are prevalent, indicating a sophisticated threat landscape. The exposure is heavily concentrated in combolist sources (80.7%) and database dumps (19.3%), suggesting credential stuffing and data exfiltration as primary attack vectors. Geographically, India, the United States, and Pakistan show the highest incidence of related activity.

Total Events

20,333
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

4,170
account email domain = forbes.com

Client Affected Events

16,163
service target = forbes.com

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
5,0003,3331,6670
peak month 4,447
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events2,869
Share14%
Data breaches
Events17,464
Share86%
Infostealer logs (14%)
2,869events
Data breaches (86%)
17,464events

4,170 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 16,163 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

Windows Defender204
Windows Defender Webroot SecureAnywhere15
Windows Defender Quick Heal Total Security10
Malwarebytes1

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

LummaC2480
Rhadamanthys353
Redline298
Vidar158
Acreed132
Blank Grabber86
RisePro37
StealC32
Remus25

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1forbes.com1,859
  2. 2https://auth.forbes.com/id/1,306
  3. 3auth.forbes.com/id/986
  4. 4https://www.forbes.com/960
  5. 5https://forbes.com651
  6. 6auth.forbes.com628
  7. 7https://auth.forbes.com622
  8. 8https://www.forbes.com508
  9. 9auth.forbes.com/id415
  10. 10forbes.com/381

Infostealer By Geography

Shows the distribution of Infostealer-related credential exposure events across different geographic regions. The location is determined by analyzing the metadata of the infected machines associated with each event.

India
Events426
United States
Events182
Pakistan
Events174
Bangladesh
Events80
Kenya
Events53
United Kingdom
Events48
Ghana
Events46
Nigeria
Events43

Country Breakdown

  1. 1India426
  2. 2United States182
  3. 3Pakistan174
  4. 4Bangladesh80
  5. 5Kenya53
  6. 6United Kingdom48
  7. 7Ghana46
  8. 8Nigeria43

Services Classification Distribution

Blast radius - closer to core = more critical infrastructure, size = credential volume

WordPress54
Jira (Atlassian)14
Git4
Cisco (AnyConnect)4
FortiNet VPN3

Operating System Distribution

Distribution of compromised endpoint builds

Windows 11196
Windows 11 24H2 build 26100 (64 Bit)179
Windows 10 22H2 build 19045 (64 Bit)137
Windows 10 Enterprise x64127
Windows 10 Pro (10.0.19045) x64127

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
14,087
Combolist pools
3,377
Unattributed dumps

Disclaimer: This report includes AI-generated content. AI can make mistakes, so verify important findings independently before taking action.