Forbes magazine targeted in digital attack: Change your passwords!
Forbes.com has been targeted in a digital attack. "Our publishing platform was compromised,"the magazine says on its website today.
Forbes magazine: targeted
"The email address for anyone registered with Forbes.com may have been exposed. Please be wary of emails that purport to come from Forbes, as the list of email addresses may be used in phishing attacks."
The passwords were encrypted, but as a precaution, Forbes is "strongly encouraging" Forbes.com readers to change their passwords on their system "once we make sign-on available again."
"We have notified law enforcement," says the magazine. " We take this matter very seriously and apologize to the members of our community for this breach."