Breach Intelligence

2,850

Total breached databases

Special K Data Feed Spam List 2016

In early 2015, a spam list titled "SC Daily Phone" surfaced, containing nearly 33 million records. Among the compromised information were names, physical and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, and phone numbers.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders IP Addresses Names Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 64,006,875
  • Number of lines: 57,783,779
  • Size: 8.3 GB
  • Passwords: No

gPotato 2007

In July 2007, the multiplayer game portal gPotato suffered a data breach that reportedly exposed over 2 million user accounts. The platform later merged into the Webzen portal, where the original accounts remain active. Among the compromised data were usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, and personal attributes such as gender, birth dates, physical addresses, and security questions and answers stored in plain text.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders IP Addresses Names Passwords Physical Locations Security Hints Site Activity Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 2,157,799
  • Number of lines: 7,038,616
  • Size: 1.75 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 95%
USA.Life 2020

USA.Life 2020

In 2020, the social networking platform USA.Life, which describes itself as a free-speech alternative to Facebook, allegedly experienced a data breach. The incident reportedly exposed a database containing information on approximately 144,637 users. Some of the leaked data includes usernames, email addresses, names, genders, geographic locations, IP addresses, and passwords hashed using a mix of SHA-1 and bcrypt, suggesting a possible transition between hashing algorithms over time.
  • Date: 2020
  • Domain: usa.life
  • Country: United States
  • Category: Social Media & Communication
  • Records Announced: 144,637
  • Data: Email Addresses Genders Geographic Locations IP Addresses Names Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 144,651
  • Number of lines: 145,065
  • Size: 251.77 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%

Villavu (Aka SRL Resource Library) 2014

Sometime in 2014, the runescape botting/scripts webforum Villavu (Aka SRL Resource Library) suffered a data breach that impacted 137k members. The breach included Usernames, Email addresses, IP Addresses and Passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 137,336
  • Number of lines: 137,376
  • Size: 11.82 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 1%
Amplitude Studios 2016

Amplitude Studios 2016

In May 2016, the forum for the French game developer Amplitude Studios suffered a data breach that impacted 143k users. The attack led to the exposure of data including Usernames, Email addresses, IP Addresses, Dates of Birth and Passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 143,837
  • Number of lines: 143,876
  • Size: 16.37 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 0%
Muscle Nutrition 2022

Muscle Nutrition 2022

In approximately September 2022, the Italian webstore Muscle Nutrition suffered a data breach that impacted 138k users. The breach led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Full names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses and Passwords stored as MD5 or Bcrypt hashes. The website was hacked by @stdpwn - "Way of hack: google dork, server misconfiguration, db panel, easy creds".
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Passwords Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 138,382
  • Number of lines: 138,383
  • Size: 31.89 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
MagicDuel RPG 2023

MagicDuel RPG 2023

In August 2023, MagicDuel Adventure, a fantasy role-playing game website, suffered a data breach that exposed approximately 138,000 user records. Among the compromised data were player names, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 138,857
  • Number of lines: 138,859
  • Size: 16.05 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 79%

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.