Security News > 2022 > October > Fast Company says Executive Board member info was not stolen in attack
American business magazine Fast Company reached out to its Executive Board members this week to let them know their personal information was not stolen in a September 27 cyberattack that forced it to shut down its website.
"The hacked downloaded Fast Company contributor user names and passwords and made the obtained information available for purchase on the web site called Breach Forums," Fast Company said in a notification shared with us by a reader.
"Thankfully, Fast Company Executive Board member information is protected in a separate database. Personal information of members was not compromised in the cyberattack."
The Fast Company website was brought back online and resumed operation on Wednesday, according to the same notification.
Fast Company' Executive Board is an invitation-only network of company founders, executives, and leaders that allows them to connect with their peers and publish on FastCompany.com.
Thrax, the Breached member who claimed the attack, also claimed they breached the site's CMS after allegedly bypassing the HTTP basic authentication on Fast Company's WordPress instance with the help of a very easy default password used for dozens of accounts.