Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In 2022, Gartel (gartel.es) allegedly suffered a data breach. Gartel is a telecommunications operator based in Rota, Cádiz (Spain) that provides broadband, fibre, mobile and TV services in the Rota, Chipiona and El Puerto de Santa María area. Reports suggest that a backup of the company's RADIUS subscriber-authentication database was exposed, affecting approximately 16,600 subscriber accounts. The compromised data reportedly includes subscriber names and usernames, plaintext passwords, national ID numbers (DNI/NIE), company names and tax IDs, service plans, IP addresses and router MAC addresses.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: gartel.es
  • Country: Spain
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Data: Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Device Identifiers Device Information
  • Records: 16,584
  • Lines: 55,360,209
  • Size: 8.74 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In May 2021, the Spanish customer base of AvaTrade, an online forex and CFD trading broker, was allegedly exposed in a data breach that later circulated on hacking forums. Reports suggest the data was subsequently reposted several times. The leak contains approximately 313,000 records of Spanish clients, including email addresses, full names, phone numbers and physical/postal addresses. No passwords were included.
  • Date: May 2021
  • Domain: avatrade.com
  • Country: Spain
  • Category: Finance & Payments
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Personal Information
  • Records: 313,558
  • Lines: 124,447
  • Size: 29.32 MB
  • Passwords: No
Todoterapias (todoterapias.com), a Spanish web portal dedicated to natural and alternative therapies, health and personal growth, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 700 records were exposed, consisting of registered users' email addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations
  • Records: 814
  • Lines: 814
  • Size: 23.52 KB
  • Passwords: No
In early 2026, the Spanish employment and business portal salamancaempresarial.es (based in Salamanca) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest an actor using the handle IntelShadow obtained access and exfiltrated a résumé/candidate database. The incident allegedly exposed information on approximately 1,400 job applicants, including full names, Spanish national ID numbers (DNI/NIE), ages, and pre-registration dates.
  • Data: Names Government IDs Birthdates Site Activity
  • Records: 1,407
  • Lines: 1,409
  • Size: 66.34 KB
  • Passwords: No
At an unknown date, the Spanish Minecraft PvP server spainpvp.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 9,500 records were exposed, including email addresses and plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 9,503
  • Lines: 9,502
  • Size: 326.11 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before 2023, MyrcoSport (myrcosport.com), a Spanish cycling and sports-equipment distributor, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 2,878 records were exposed, including customer names and email addresses. No passwords were exposed.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 2,878
  • Lines: 2,879
  • Size: 259.31 KB
  • Passwords: No
In 2025, Jamón Villamón (jamonvillamon.com), a Spanish online retailer of cured ham and gourmet food products, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a PrestaShop database was published on hacking forums, exposing approximately 1,000 customers. The compromised data reportedly included email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, physical and geographic locations, birthdates, IP addresses, company information, and hashed passwords (MD5).
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 6,700
  • Lines: 6,707
  • Size: 608.27 KB
  • Passwords: Hashed, 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.