Hardware Zone

The HardwareZone (HWZ) Forum website was hit by a security breach.

Approximately 685,000 user profiles were affected.

The probe showed that a senior moderator’s account had been compromised by an unidentified hacker, and used to access the user profiles.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/hardwarezone-forum-hit-by-security-breach-685000-user-profiles-affected/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/hardware-zone-in

"id": "har19176622",
"linkid": "hardware-zone-in",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '685,000',
                        'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'HardwareZone Forum',
                        'type': 'Website'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '685,000',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'User Profiles'},
 'description': 'The HardwareZone (HWZ) Forum website was hit by a security '
                'breach. Approximately 685,000 user profiles were affected. '
                'The probe showed that a senior moderator’s account had been '
                'compromised by an unidentified hacker, and used to access the '
                'user profiles.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['User Profiles']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unidentified Hacker',
 'title': 'HardwareZone Forum Security Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Compromised User Account'}