Breach Intelligence

2,850

Total breached databases

Explore Talent 2022

Explore Talent 2022

In February 2022, Explore Talent, a platform known for connecting talent with casting opportunities, suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the breach exposed approximately 5.5 million records. Among the compromised data were email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames, and passwords in plaintext.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 5,805,089
  • Number of lines: 5,805,089
  • Size: 694.21 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Descomplica 2021

Descomplica 2021

In March 2021, the Brazilian EdTech company Descomplica suffered a data breach which was subsequently posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included almost 5 million email addresses, names, the first 6 and last 4 digits and the expiry date of credit cards, purchase histories and password hashes.
  • Data: Credit Card Information Email Addresses Names Order Information Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 6,275,284
  • Number of lines: 6,902,811
  • Size: 1.85 GB
  • Passwords: Hashed
  • Cracked: 0%
Eroticy 2015

Eroticy 2015

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In 2016, the adult website Eroticy was allegedly hacked. The breach reportedly affected almost 1.4 million users. Among the compromised data were names, usernames, email addresses, phone numbers, physical locations, IP addresses, passwords, payment information, and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Names Passwords Payment Information Phone Numbers Physical Locations Site Activity Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 1,882,699
  • Number of lines: 2,391,544
  • Size: 841.34 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
AbuseWith.Us 2016

AbuseWith.Us 2016

In 2016, Abusewith.us, a site dedicated to helping people hack email and online gaming accounts, allegedly suffered multiple data breaches. Reports suggest the site shared an administrator with the now-defunct LeakedSource service. The incident reportedly exposed more than 1.3 million unique email addresses, often accompanied by usernames, IP addresses, and passwords—stored either in plain text or as hashes—sourced from various locations and intended for use in compromising victims’ accounts.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 7,309,586
  • Number of lines: 7,344,696
  • Size: 509.59 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Epik 2021

Epik 2021

In September 2021, the domain registrar and web host Epik suffered a significant data breach, allegedly in retaliation for hosting alt-right websites. The breach exposed a huge volume of data not just of Epik customers, but also scraped WHOIS records belonging to individuals and organisations who were not Epik customers. The data included over 15 million unique email addresses (including anonymised versions for domain privacy), names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases and passwords stored in various formats.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Order Information Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 88,043
  • Number of lines: 704,291,909
  • Size: 177.01 GB
  • Passwords: No

War Inc. 2012

In mid-2012, the real-time strategy game War Inc. suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the exposure of over 1 million accounts including usernames, email addresses and salted MD5 hashes of passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Site Activity Usernames
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 761,863
  • Number of lines: 762,022
  • Size: 22.73 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Minube 2020

Minube 2020

In December 2020, the travel platform Minube.com, known for its features related to travel planning and recommendations, suffered a data breach. The exposed information reportedly consisted of approximately 1,068,978 lines of data. Among the compromised data were email addresses and passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Imported:
  • Records Imported: 2,134,369
  • Number of lines: 2,136,586
  • Size: 56.59 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.