Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2019, Tabakland.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Tabakland.com is a German online tobacco retailer running on the Shopware platform. Reports suggest that approximately 70,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, names, BCrypt and MD5 password hashes, birthdates, genders, phone numbers, geographic locations, company information, and site activity timestamps.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: tabakland.com
  • Country: Germany
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 78,541
  • Lines: 9,170,265
  • Size: 1.74 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, lichtbasis.de, a German B2B lighting and electrical equipment e-commerce supplier, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 1,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, bcrypt-hashed passwords, names, company information, geographic locations, usernames, genders, and site activity data.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: lichtbasis.de
  • Country: Germany
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 926,235
  • Lines: 938,837
  • Size: 332.65 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In August 2019, Mastercard's German bonus program "Priceless Specials" allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that personal data on almost 90,000 program members was subsequently circulated online. The breach reportedly included names, email addresses, phone numbers, partial credit card information, IP addresses, and geographic locations. Following the incident, the program was suspended.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Credit Card Information Genders Salutations IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 89,427
  • Lines: 89,428
  • Size: 13.72 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2011, the website direkt.gema.de, associated with the German performance rights organization GEMA, allegedly suffered a data breach. GEMA, or the Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte, is responsible for collecting royalties on behalf of copyright holders in the field of music. Reports suggest that approximately 27,000 records were compromised in the incident. The data exposed allegedly included email addresses, passwords, names, geographic locations, usernames, site activity, and company information. The passwords were reportedly stored as MD5 hashes.
  • Date: 2011
  • Domain: direkt.gema.de
  • Country: Germany
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 27,339
  • Lines: 40,119
  • Size: 28.91 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, Twerion.net allegedly suffered a data breach. Twerion is a German-based Minecraft game server that provides a variety of gaming experiences for its players. The server offers multiple game modes within Minecraft, which has attracted a community of players. This incident reportedly affected approximately 14,000 records. The compromised data includes email addresses, usernames, and site activity, but no passwords were reported as affected.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: twerion.net
  • Country: Germany
  • Category: Gaming
  • Data: Email Addresses Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 14,382
  • Lines: 14,461
  • Size: 3.84 MB
  • Passwords: No
In December 2025, SoundCloud (soundcloud.com), an online audio distribution platform based in Berlin, Germany, allegedly suffered a data breach attributed to the ShinyHunters group. It has been reported that approximately 29,892,000 records were compromised. Key data compromised includes email addresses, names, usernames, geographic locations, bios, profile photos, and site activity.
  • Data: Bios Email Addresses Geographic Locations Names Profile Photos Site Activity Usernames
  • Records: 29,892,459
  • Lines: 29,892,459
  • Size: 30.41 GB
  • Passwords: No
In 2021, Shisha-Net.de allegedly suffered a data breach. Shisha-Net.de is a German website focused on the retail and sale of shisha (hookah) products, including smoking accessories. The reports suggest that approximately 49,000 records were compromised in the incident. The data exposed includes email addresses, names, geographic locations, genders, site activity, birthdates, and encrypted passwords using BCrypt and MD5.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: shisha-net.de
  • Country: Germany
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 49,042
  • Lines: 49,057
  • Size: 14.47 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, 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.