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Public breachBreachXposedOrNot· 1 Feb 2015

Flashback

Domain: flashback.se

What happened

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.

Breach facts

Records exposed
41,055
Sensitive
No
Industry
News Media
Data exposed
Email addressesPhysical addressesGovernment IDsPasswords

This page summarises publicly reported breach metadata for awareness. For account recovery or incident response, use the official guidance from the affected service.

Breach data provided by XposedOrNot.