Breach Intelligence

2,850

Total breached databases

In 2016, the website Bitcoinrush.io, known for its role as a cryptocurrency trading platform, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the breach exposed approximately 11,676 user records. Among the compromised data were usernames, passwords, IP addresses, and site activity details. Passwords included in the breach were reportedly secured with bcrypt and MD5 hashing algorithms.
  • Date: 2016
  • Domain: bitcoinrush.io
  • Category: Cryptocurrency
  • Records Announced: 12,847
  • Data: Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 11,676
  • Number of lines: 12,847
  • Size: 1.98 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 39%
In 2019, Databases.biz allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 40 users were exposed. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses, passwords, and usernames. The passwords were stored using PHPass.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 40
  • Number of lines: 42
  • Size: 4.99 KB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2014, the Russian website Evil-hack.ru, a hacking-focused forum known for discussions and sharing of hacking tools, techniques, and information, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 15,000 user records were exposed. Among the compromised data were email addresses, passwords, usernames, IP addresses, and geographic locations. The passwords were reportedly stored in a format associated with vBulletin software.
  • Date: 2014
  • Domain: evil-hack.ru
  • Country: Russia
  • Category: Hacking
  • Records Announced: 15,276
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Geographic Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 15,000
  • Number of lines: 15,129
  • Size: 1.57 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2016, the website Hacker.org, an online platform offering a variety of programming challenges and puzzles, allegedly suffered a data breach. It is reported that approximately 5,375 users were exposed in this incident. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses, usernames, and passwords. The passwords were reportedly stored using MD5 hashing.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 5,375
  • Number of lines: 5,375
  • Size: 364.62 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 98%
In 2020, the website House-sweet-dom.ru allegedly suffered a data breach. Approximately 1004 users were exposed in this incident. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses, passwords in plaintext, usernames, IP addresses, birthdates, geographic locations, and records of site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Birthdates Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 1,004
  • Number of lines: 1,005
  • Size: 94.72 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In 2019, hyip.ninja, a website associated with high-yield investment programs (HYIP), which are typically investment scams promising unsustainably high return on investment by paying previous investors with the money invested by new investors, allegedly suffered a data breach. Approximately 232 user records were exposed. Among the compromised data were email addresses and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: hyip.ninja
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 232
  • Number of lines: 234
  • Size: 18.53 KB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2018, the website Legalizer.cc, widely described as “Legalizer,” a CIS-focused narcotics-trade forum, experienced a data breach. The incident exposed approximately 46,307 user records. Among the compromised data were email addresses, plaintext passwords, usernames, genders, and site activity details.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Genders Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 46,307
  • Number of lines: 46,308
  • Size: 4.98 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext

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.