WIRED hack exposes 2.4 million accounts
Tech publication WIRED was hacked, exposing subscriber and account information. In December 2025, the personal data of 2.3 million subscribers was reported to have been leaked on the dark web. In January 2026, the number of affected accounts was put at 2.4 million.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- WIRED
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information on 2.4 million accounts
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The leak on the dark web of personal data of 2.3 million WIRED subscribers was reported.
- The number of accounts affected by the hack was put at 2.4 million.
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