WIRED Data Breach

What happened?

In December 2025, 2.3M records of WIRED magazine users allegedly obtained from parent company Condé Nast were published online . The most recent data dated back to the previous September and exposed email addresses and display names, as well as, for a small number of users, their name, phone number, date of birth, gender, and geographic location or full physical address. The WIRED data allegedly represents a subset of Condé Nast brands the hacker also claims to have obtained.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is September 8, 2025. The record was added to the catalogue on December 27, 2025 and last updated there on December 28, 2025.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Display names
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

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 WIRED or used wired.com around September 8, 2025. 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.