Breach Intelligence

2,850

Total breached databases

In mid-2022, data allegedly sourced from Russian payment provider PaySystem.tech was reportedly circulated in hacking communities and made publicly available for download. The dataset consisted of 16 million rows, including 1.4 million unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were purchase records and full credit card numbers with expiry dates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Phone Numbers Credit Card Information Order Information
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 23,516,293
  • Number of lines: 23,516,292
  • Size: 3.99 GB
  • Passwords: No
In July 2024, DataGardener, a platform known for providing data on businesses and professionals, suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the breach exposed approximately 1.4 million lines of data. Among the compromised data were email addresses, names, job positions, geographic locations, and phone numbers.
  • Date: Jul 2024
  • Domain: datagardener.com
  • Threat Actor: Satanic
  • Category: Data Brokers
  • Records Announced: 1,439,210
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations Job Information Names Phone Numbers Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 1,439,224
  • Number of lines: 1,439,229
  • Size: 184.01 MB
  • Passwords: No
In December 2020, the dental practice management service MMG Fusion was the victim of a data breach which exposed 2.6M unique email addresses. The data also included patient appointments, names, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders and physical addresses. A small number of records also included passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Health Information Marital Statuses Names Passwords Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 34,761,723
  • Number of lines: 34,761,737
  • Size: 5.99 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 7%
In May 2020, the online marketplace for independent artists Minted suffered a data breach that exposed 4.4M unique customer records subsequently sold on a dark web marketplace. Exposed data also included names, physical addresses, phone numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Passwords Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 5,264,731
  • Number of lines: 4,343,584
  • Size: 997.54 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 43%
The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a serious data breach, exposing internal operations, affiliate builds, negotiation chats, and even administrator credentials. The breach comes just months after law enforcement’s Operation Cronos attempted to dismantle LockBit’s infrastructure.
  • Date: May 7, 2025
  • Category: Hacking
  • Source: the420.in
  • Data: Cryptocurrency Information Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 63,743
  • Number of lines: 114,055
  • Size: 26.35 MB
  • Passwords: ?
In March 2025, a massive data breach exposed the details of 2.87 billion Twitter (now X) users, marking one of the largest social media leaks in history. The breach, allegedly orchestrated by a disgruntled former employee during mass layoffs, involved 400GB of sensitive user data, including account creation dates, user IDs, screen names, follower counts, and profile descriptions. The leaked dataset also incorporated information from a prior 2023 breach affecting 209 million users, expanding its scope. Despite attempts by the hacker "ThinkingOne" to alert X about the issue, the company reportedly ignored the warnings, prompting the public disclosure of the data. Questions remain about how the dataset reached such a staggering size, far exceeding X's active user base, with speculation pointing to historical or aggregated records.
  • Data: Bios Email Addresses Geographic Locations Languages Site Activity Usernames Websites
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 3,069,134,694
  • Number of lines: 3,279,342,453
  • Size: 427 GB
  • Passwords: No
In May 2010, the e-wallet service known as Neteller suffered a data breach which exposed over 3.6M customers. The breach was not discovered until October 2015 and included names, email addresses, home addresses and account balances.
  • Data: Balances Birthdates Email Addresses Genders IP Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Security Hints Site Activity
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 3,621,430
  • Number of lines: 3,621,582
  • Size: 833.18 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.