Breach Intelligence

2,850

Total breached databases

In June 2013, the website 1337 Crew (1337-crew.to), a platform associated with hacking activities, allegedly experienced a data breach. It has been reported that approximately 18,834 records were compromised in this incident. The data compromised included email addresses, passwords, usernames, government IDs, IP addresses, site activity, and social profiles, with passwords hashed using MyBB.
  • Date: Jun 2013
  • Domain: 1337-crew.to
  • Category: Hacking
  • Records Announced: 18,965
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Government IDs IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 18,834
  • Number of lines: 18,965
  • Size: 7.81 MB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • Cracked: 0%
In December 2017, HoundDawgs, a private torrent tracker website known primarily for downloading copyrighted material without authorization, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 43,116 records were compromised, including email addresses, SHA-512 and MD5 hashed salted passwords, IP addresses, and site activity details.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 43,116
  • Number of lines: 43,138
  • Size: 10.11 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-512 Salted, MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In January 2017, the website horseandhound.co.uk, a UK-based platform dedicated to news and services for the equine and countryside enthusiast community, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the incident exposed approximately 95,089 records including email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 95,089
  • Number of lines: 95,337
  • Size: 8.46 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 79%
In 2020, the Russian online forum HolodForum, operating under the domain holodforum.ru, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 73,370 records were compromised. The data exposed in this incident included email addresses, usernames, geographic locations, IP addresses, and passwords hashed using vBulletin.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: holodforum.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Records Announced: 55,918
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 73,370
  • Number of lines: 73,417
  • Size: 7.83 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In October 2014, 9lives.be, a Belgian gaming news website, suffered an alleged data breach. The incident reportedly affected approximately 109,857 records. The data compromised included usernames, email addresses, and passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 109,857
  • Number of lines: 109,894
  • Size: 8.11 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 88%
In January 2021, Cfin.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. The incident reportedly compromised 51,917 records. The data exposed included email addresses, usernames, passwords (MD5 salted), geographic locations, and IP addresses.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: cfin.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 51,917
  • Number of lines: 51,942
  • Size: 5.2 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
MiningHamster.com, a cryptocurrency signals provider that offers trading signals to assist traders in making buying or selling decisions, allegedly suffered a data breach impacting approximately 9,899 records. The compromised data includes email addresses, usernames, government IDs, IP addresses, site activity, and social profiles.
  • Data: Email Addresses Usernames Government IDs IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 9,899
  • Number of lines: 9,922
  • Size: 3.89 MB
  • Passwords: No

Frequently Asked Questions

A data breach is unauthorized access to data (often involving account takeover, malware, or misconfigured infrastructure). A data leak is exposure of data due to mistakes like public cloud storage, open databases, or accidental publishing. A database dump is a packaged dataset that may come from a breach, leak, scraping, or aggregation.

Change passwords for any affected accounts immediately, prioritizing email, banking, and any account that shares the same password. Enable multi-factor authentication wherever possible. Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity and consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze if financial data was exposed.

Start with containment and verification: confirm what data was exposed, identify the entry point, rotate credentials (especially SSO, VPN, email), and enforce MFA. Then investigate affected systems, notify stakeholders as required, and harden controls to prevent recurrence. A structured incident response plan helps keep the work measurable and compliant.

Dark web monitoring helps you spot exposure signals early — before stolen data is widely reused for account takeover or targeted attacks. Monitoring complements vulnerability management by revealing when attackers already have leverage. Pair it with continuous attack surface monitoring and strong Asset Discovery to reduce blind spots.

Not always. Some datasets are old, incomplete, or derived from third parties. However, any exposure increases risk because credentials and personal data can be reused indefinitely. Treat it as a priority signal: rotate credentials, enforce MFA, review suspicious logins, and audit the systems that could have produced the data.

SynScan helps you connect the dots between attack surface exposure, vulnerabilities, and breach signals so you can prioritize remediation and reduce the chance of repeat incidents.