Breach Intelligence

3,151

Total breached databases

Flash Flash Revolution 2016

Flash Flash Revolution 2016

In February 2016, the music-based rhythm game known as Flash Flash Revolution was hacked and 1.8M accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the vBulletin forum also exposed salted MD5 password hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 1,434,366
  • Lines: 1,434,391
  • Size: 146.25 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 93%
HongFire 2015

HongFire 2015

In March 2015, HongFire, an anime and manga forum, allegedly suffered a data breach affecting its vBulletin platform. The incident reportedly exposed 1 million accounts. Among the compromised data were email addresses, IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 1,006,237
  • Lines: 1,006,237
  • Size: 117.28 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 51%

Nulled.cr 2016

In May 2016, Nulled.cr, a cracking community forum, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed 599,000 user accounts. The leaked data reportedly included email addresses, IP addresses, weak salted MD5 password hashes, and hundreds of thousands of private messages exchanged between members.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Messages Passwords Site Activity Usernames
  • Records: 1,018,573
  • Lines: 41,140,060
  • Size: 9.46 GB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • Cracked: 40%
Xbox-Scene 2015

Xbox-Scene 2015

In approximately February 2015, Xbox-Scene, an Xbox forum, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed more than 432,000 accounts. The IP.Board-based platform reportedly leaked IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes, though the weak implementation allowed many of them to be quickly cracked.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 455,103
  • Lines: 455,554
  • Size: 36.93 MB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • Cracked: 97%
Animoto 2018

Animoto 2018

In July 2018, the cloud-based video making service Animoto suffered a data breach. The breach exposed 22 million unique email addresses alongside names, dates of birth, country of origin and salted password hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Geographic Locations Names Passwords
  • Records: 25,402,269
  • Lines: 25,402,283
  • Size: 3.79 GB
  • Passwords: SHA-256 Salted
  • Cracked: 89%
MyHeritage 2017

MyHeritage 2017

In October 2017, the genealogy website MyHeritage suffered a data breach. The incident was reported 7 months later after a security researcher discovered the data and contacted MyHeritage. In total, more than 92M customer records were exposed and included email addresses and salted SHA-1 password hashes. In 2019, the data appeared listed for sale on a dark web marketplace (along with several other large breaches) and subsequently began circulating more broadly.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 92,284,362
  • Lines: 92,284,487
  • Size: 7.61 GB
  • Passwords: SHA-1 Salted
  • Cracked: 94%
Romwe 2018

Romwe 2018

In mid-2018, the Hong Kong-based retailer Romwe suffered a data breach which exposed almost 20 million customers. The data was subsequently sold online and includes names, phone numbers, email and IP addresses, customer geographic locations and passwords stored as salted SHA-1 hashes.
  • Data: Geographic Locations IP Addresses Names Passwords Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Records: 31,521,740
  • Lines: 20,322,959
  • Size: 1.9 GB
  • Passwords: SHA-1 Salted
  • Cracked: 90%

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.