Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

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
  • Records: 6,275,284
  • Lines: 6,902,811
  • Size: 1.85 GB
  • Passwords: Hashed
  • Cracked: 0%
In approximately March 2019, the online Brazilian travel agency Hurb (formerly Hotel Urbano) suffered a data breach. The data subsequently appeared online for download the following year and included over 20 million customer records with email and IP addresses, names, dates of birth, phone numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Names Passwords Phone Numbers Social Profiles
  • Records: 20,730,385
  • Lines: 20,730,451
  • Size: 5.8 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 84%
At the end of 2020, the credit analysis company known as Serasa Experian had its data leaked online. The breach included CPF Numbers, Full names, Genders and Dates of birth. In total, 223 million users were affected. A hacker known as JBR was the one who initially posted the file.
  • Data: Birthdates Genders Names Tax IDs
  • Records: 223,739,215
  • Lines: 223,739,216
  • Size: 13.11 GB
  • Passwords: No
In June 2020, the Brazilian fund raising service Vakinha suffered a data breach which impacted almost 4.8 million members. The exposed data included email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes, all of which was subsequently shared extensively throughout online hacking communities.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Names Passwords Phone Numbers
  • Records: 4,878,067
  • Lines: 4,878,236
  • Size: 2.01 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 10%
Approximately between 2020-2021, the Brazil workout app for gyms and personalities Trei suffered a databreach. The exposed data included more 1.6 million names, usernames, email addresses and phone numbers, genders, dobs and passwords stored as HMAC-SHA1 hashes. The app was breached by @PieWithNothing.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: trei.no
  • Threat Actor: PieWithNothing
  • Country: Brazil
  • Category: Healthcare
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Names Passwords Phone Numbers Usernames
  • Records: 1,644,410
  • Lines: 1,644,411
  • Size: 116.31 MB
  • Passwords: ?
In approximately March 2020, the Brazilian recruitment website Catho was compromised and subsequently appeared alongside 20 other breached websites listed for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach included almost 11 million records with 1.2 million unique email addresses. Names, usernames and plain text passwords were also exposed.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 10,713,211
  • Lines: 10,713,273
  • Size: 1.77 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In August 2021, the well-known food delivery app and restaurant known as Habibs Food Restaurant suffered a data breach. The breach included Full names, Dates of birth, Email addresses, CPF Numbers and IP Addresses. In total, 3.6 million users were affected.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses IP Addresses Names Tax IDs
  • Records: 3,936,368
  • Lines: 3,938,570
  • Size: 1.64 GB
  • 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.