February 2015 – 40,000 accounts affected
In February 2015, a Swedish forum called Flashback was hacked and senstive data from 40,000 members was stolen, sold and published in a tabloid newspaper. The type of information stolen was email addresses, government issued IDs, home addresses and social security numbers.
Flashback (Flashback.org), which is Sweden's largest and most popular forum, was hacked in February 2015 and the cyber thieves stole approximately 40,000 member information including email addresses, government issued IDs, home addresses and social security numbers.
The forum is used to discuss any and every topic and is the only forum in Sweden that allows its members to speak anonymously.
After the breach occurred, the hackers sold the personal information to a popular Swedish tabloid newspaper called Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet then published the list and promptly received a lot of negative feedback and hateful comments.