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Heritage Foundation

Disclosed Jul 10, 202472,004 accountsUnverified

In July 2024, hacktivists published almost 2GB of data taken from The Heritage Foundation and their media arm, The Daily Signal . The data contained 72k unique email addresses, primarily used for commenting on articles (along with names, IP addresses and the comments left) and by content contributors (along with usernames and passwords stored as either MD5 or phpass hashes).

What is known

People affected72,004 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedJul 10, 2024
HappenedJul 9, 2024
AttackHacking
Data exposedEmailsIP addressesNamesPasswords
SectorNonprofit
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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