Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

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 Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Order Information Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 14,131,281
  • Lines: 704,291,794
  • Size: 177.01 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
In December 2016, the Russian hacking forum Best-Hack (best-hack.net) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 70,000 user records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, and passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 70,259
  • Lines: 70,259
  • Size: 6.27 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted, vBulletin
  • Cracked: 46%
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Acne.org 2014

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In November 2014, acne.org allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed approximately 433,000 forum member accounts. Reports suggest the compromised data included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, dates of birth, and hashed passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Birthdates
  • Records: 435,566
  • Lines: 435,676
  • Size: 781.27 MB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • Cracked: 59%
In November 2019, Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB, msb.com.vn) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 1,965,000 customer records were exposed, including full names, Vietnamese national ID numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, occupations, and email addresses.
  • Date: Nov 22, 2019
  • Domain: msb.com.vn
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders Job Information Birthdates
  • Records: 1,965,024
  • Lines: 1,965,026
  • Size: 198.59 MB
  • Passwords: No
In November 2011, the Nigerian entertainment website naijaloaded.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a threat actor known as TheMrX exploited a vulnerability in the site's management system. Approximately 233,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, usernames, plaintext passwords, names, phone numbers, genders, and geographic locations.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity
  • Records: 243,081
  • Lines: 243,105
  • Size: 41.98 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In 2025, a membership database belonging to an association of Pertamina retirees allegedly appeared on a hacking forum. Pertamina is Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company. Reports suggest that approximately 110 records relating to retired employees were exposed, including full names, home addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, job titles and the names of family members. The data also contained a small number of administrator accounts with plaintext and MD5-hashed passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Family Members Site Activity Job Information Birthdates
  • Records: 111
  • Lines: 119
  • Size: 29.94 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
In 2021, axisproerp.com allegedly suffered a data breach. AxisPro ERP is a cloud-based business-management and accounting platform used by companies in the United Arab Emirates. Reports suggest that approximately 6,400 records were exposed. The data allegedly included customer and employee names, phone numbers, a small number of email addresses, dates of birth, company details and MD5-hashed account passwords. The database was subsequently made available on a hacking forum.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: axisproerp.com
  • Country: United Arab Emirates
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 6,436
  • Lines: 200,360
  • Size: 22.99 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%

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.