The Heritage Foundation Data Breach

What happened?

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).

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 9, 2024. The record was added to the catalogue on July 10, 2024 and last updated there on July 10, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with The Heritage Foundation or used heritage.org around July 9, 2024. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.