Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In October 2021, the German fitness and sports supplements retailer Fitmart (fitmart.de) allegedly suffered a data breach that was subsequently redistributed online. Reports suggest the exposed data covered approximately 214,000 customers and included email addresses, names, postal addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders and passwords stored as salted MD5 and salted SHA-512 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 1,057,368
  • Lines: 1,057,868
  • Size: 437.74 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted, SHA-512 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In November 2018, Daniel's Hosting (hosting.danwin1210.de), a free Tor-based dark web hosting provider, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the attacker wiped the provider's database and took thousands of onion sites offline, with the exposed data later circulating publicly. The leak reportedly exposed approximately 21,000 hosting and chat accounts, including email addresses, usernames, names, BCrypt-hashed passwords, geographic locations, genders, birthdates and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 30,353
  • Lines: 604,147
  • Size: 35.95 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before November 2009, the German website Kundenrechner.net allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed phpMyAdmin database held a directory of real estate providers based in the Munich area alongside entries from a personal guestbook. Approximately 270 records were reportedly affected, including email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, IP addresses, company information and plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Websites Company Information
  • Records: 268
  • Lines: 808
  • Size: 235.68 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before 2019, a collection of database backups belonging to the German IT services provider seba-it.de and several websites it hosted (including blogs, a sports club, and groupware/cloud-storage installations) was allegedly exposed. Reports suggest the leaked SQL backups contained data for approximately 33,000 distinct individuals. The exposed information allegedly included email addresses, usernames, names, geographic locations, website activity, and passwords stored in a mix of BCrypt, PHPass, and salted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 58,836
  • Lines: 1,041,450
  • Size: 636.92 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5 Salted, PHPass, Unknown
In June 2023, the German industrial cutting-tools manufacturer and B2B online retailer Inovatools (inovatools.eu, Inovatools Eckerle & Ertel GmbH) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the company's xt:Commerce/INOSHOP store database was exposed and subsequently shared on a hacking forum. It has been reported that approximately 3,700 distinct individuals and business customers were affected. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses, passwords (BCrypt and MD5 hashes), names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, company information, site activity and language preferences.
  • Date: Jun 2023
  • Domain: inovatools.eu
  • Country: Germany
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information Languages
  • Records: 80,256
  • Lines: 2,926,659
  • Size: 369.81 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2023, Rapid Host (rapid-host.de), a German web hosting provider offering shared hosting, VPS, and managed hosting solutions, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed data belonging to approximately 1,700 individuals, including email addresses, names, passwords (bcrypt and salted MD5), IP addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, and account activity timestamps.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names IP Addresses Site Activity
  • Records: 10,750
  • Lines: 2,739,107
  • Size: 959.74 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In January 2019, the Shopware-based e-commerce platform Assets.shopware.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 700 individuals were exposed, with data including email addresses, BCrypt password hashes, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, site activity records, and company information.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 895,111
  • Lines: 935,755
  • Size: 330.89 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • 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.