A hacker using the alias Lovely has reportedly breached Condé Nast and leaked a database containing over 2.3 million subscriber records from WIRED. This incident follows a post on a hacking forum on December 20, where the hacker claimed access to the database was being sold for about $2.30 in forum credits. In this post, they alleged that Condé Nast ignored numerous vulnerability reports and did not prioritize user data security.
According to the hacker, they plan to release an additional 40 million records from other Condé Nast properties in the coming weeks. The leaked database includes 2,366,576 total records, with timestamps dating from April 26, 1996, to September 9, 2025. Each record comprises a unique internal ID, email address, and optional personal information, although many fields are incomplete.
While Condé Nast has not confirmed the breach, a validation by BleepingComputer confirmed twenty records as legitimate WIRED subscribers. The dataset reveals that approximately 284,196 records contain both first and last names, and 194,361 include physical addresses.