Breach Intelligence

2,850

Total breached databases

In May 2023, Playa Escondida, a beach resort located near Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico, experienced a data breach affecting its reservation system. The exposed data was reportedly contained in a 338 MB SQL file extracted from the platform. The exact method of the breach and the identity of those responsible have not been disclosed. Among the compromised data were names, email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, passwords stored as MD5 hashes, payment information, birthdates, geographic locations, booking details, travel habits, job information, health-related data, consumption habits, and physical descriptions.
  • Data: Bios Birthdates Consumption Habits Credit Card Information Disabilities Email Addresses Health Information Job Information Names Passwords Payment Information Phone Numbers Physical Descriptions Physical Locations Travel Habits Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 168,108
  • Number of lines: 3,375,060
  • Size: 338.85 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
This is the result of an automated process that gathers generic combo lists shared over different forums, Telegram groups, and other sources.
  • Category: Compilations & Combo lists
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 12,037,642,853
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In October 2020, the app data company Reincubate suffered a data breach which exposed a backup from November 2017 (the newest record in the data appeared several months earlier). The data included over 616k unique email addresses, names and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Passwords Site Activity Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 1,362,820
  • Number of lines: 1,365,290
  • Size: 109.19 MB
  • Passwords: Django
  • Cracked: 3%
In September 2023, the threat actor known as USDoD published data from 3,200 Airbus vendors on a well-known hacking forum. The leaked information included full names, addresses, phone numbers, and job titles, exposing sensitive details of Airbus's supply chain network.
  • Date: Sep 11, 2023
  • Threat Actor: USDoD
  • Category: Logistics & Transportation
  • Records Announced: 3,200
  • Data: Company Information Email Addresses Fax Numbers Job Information Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 3,203
  • Number of lines: 3,206
  • Size: 644.75 KB
  • Passwords: No
In approximately May 2020, the Website for "Homeopathic Remedies" known as Remedia suffered a data breach that impacted 134k members. The breach led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Dates of birth and Passwords stored as Bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 134,564
  • Number of lines: 134,662
  • Size: 13.86 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In December 2014, the Russian hacker community Lolzteam suffered a data breach. The platform is known for its involvement in various underground internet activities. The breach exposed approximately 25,000 users. Some of the leaked data includes usernames, email addresses, genders, social profiles, birthdates, IP addresses and passwords.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders IP Addresses Passwords Social Profiles Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 25,074
  • Number of lines: 1,067,850
  • Size: 334.63 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 63%
In late March 2022, the Sri Lankan payment gateway PayHere experienced a significant data breach. The platform, which facilitates online payments for merchants and businesses, reportedly had more than 65GB of payment records exposed. The breach affected over 1.5 million unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were names, phone numbers, geographic locations, IP addresses, purchase histories, and partially obfuscated credit card details, including card type, the first six and last four digits, and expiry dates. Additional exposed information is believed to include social media profiles, government-issued identification numbers, birthdates, and business-related information.
  • Data: Company Information Credit Card Information Email Addresses Geographic Locations Government IDs IP Addresses Names Order Information Payment Information Phone Numbers Physical Locations Social Profiles Websites
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 17,560,899
  • Number of lines: 148,656,634
  • Size: 65.38 GB
  • 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.