Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2018, Itaú Unibanco, a large Brazilian multinational bank and financial services company, allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that approximately 700,000 users were exposed in this incident. Among the compromised data were email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, government IDs, genders, tax IDs, and birthdates.
  • Date: 2018
  • Domain: itau.com.br
  • Country: Brazil
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Bank Account Information Birthdates Email Addresses Financial Information Genders Geographic Locations Government IDs Names Phone Numbers Tax IDs
  • Records: 700,000
  • Lines: 700,001
  • Size: 266.72 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2023, the Brazilian e-commerce website Shop Tend Tudo, known for selling a wide range of products including electronics, home appliances, clothing, and accessories, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the breach exposed approximately 53,341 user records. Some of the leaked data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, geographic locations, and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 53,341
  • Lines: 53,342
  • Size: 6.19 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2012, Besamob.com, which appears to be a website primarily used in Brazil, involved in digital services or e-commerce, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that the breach exposed approximately 330 user records. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses, passwords, usernames, and site activity. The passwords were reportedly stored using MD5 hashing.
  • Date: 2012
  • Domain: besamob.com
  • Country: Brazil
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Site Activity Usernames
  • Records: 330
  • Lines: 349
  • Size: 40.36 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In April 2020, the Brazilian shopping website HomeRefill suffered a data breach that impacted 194k users. The attack led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Full names, Phone numbers, Dates of birth and Passwords stored as SHA512 hashes. The website was breached by @donjuji - "initial attack vector was misconfigured aws s3 bucket".
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Names Passwords Phone Numbers
  • Records: 190,817
  • Lines: 214
  • Size: 94.44 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-512 Salted
  • Cracked: 77%
In 2019, a significant data breach involving Brazil's DATASUS and DETRAN databases exposed over 184 million records. DATASUS manages health-related data under Brazil’s Ministry of Health, while DETRAN oversees vehicle registration and driver licensing. The breach reportedly compromised extensive personal and vehicle-related information. Among the leaked data were names, telephone numbers, geographic locations, government identification numbers, and vehicle license plate details.
  • Data: Family Members Geographic Locations Government IDs Insurance Information License Plate Numbers Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Places of Birth Tax IDs Vehicle Information
  • Records: 288,570,524
  • Lines: 288,570,526
  • Size: 56.36 GB
  • Passwords: No
In approximately October 2022, maisamigas.com.br, the website of Brazilian multi-level marketing company Amigas, suffered a data breach. The incident, attributed to threat actor @thrax, reportedly exposed data belonging to around 603,000 users, including 93,000 unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were full names, email addresses, phone numbers, tax identification numbers, physical addresses, genders, marital statuses, and dates of birth.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Marital Statuses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Tax IDs
  • Records: 603,796
  • Lines: 726
  • Size: 164.23 MB
  • Passwords: No
In approximately January 2022, the Brazilian ticket website Eleven Tickets suffered a data breach. The attack led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Full names, Phone numbers, CPF Numbers and Physical addresses. In total, 196k users were affected.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Tax IDs
  • Records: 196,917
  • Lines: 196,955
  • Size: 59.65 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.