Elledecor.com

Elle Decor which is a prominent home decor and lifestyle magazine owned by Hearst Communications suffered a data exposure incident. The breach involved the unauthorized access and subsequent leak of subscriber information. The data likely originated from a broader Hearst Communications database compromise where information from multiple magazine brands was harvested. The incident exposed personal details of thousands of users who interacted with the digital or print version of the publication. The security failure allowed threat actors to obtain sensitive user data which was later circulated in various hacking communities and dark web forums.