Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In June 2022, the Spanish online store bellasartesgandia.es allegedly suffered a data breach that was published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the PrestaShop-based shop's database was exposed, affecting approximately 1,400 customers, with around 3,500 email addresses in total appearing across the customer and mailing-list records. It has been reported that the exposed data included email addresses, full names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers, geographic locations, IP addresses, and passwords stored as MD5 and bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Birthdates
  • Records: 36,911
  • Lines: 987,251
  • Size: 48.77 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, the online shop beatrizlario.com allegedly suffered a data breach. The site is a WordPress/WooCommerce store run by Spanish designer Beatriz Lario. Reports suggest that data belonging to approximately 600 individuals was exposed, including email addresses, usernames, names, geographic location details, IP addresses and passwords stored as phpass hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Websites
  • Records: 1,422
  • Lines: 113,027
  • Size: 32.06 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In February 2023, the Barcelona-based travel and tour agency Barcelona Experts (barcelonaexperts.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Barcelona Experts provides guided tours and travel services in and around Barcelona. Reports suggest the exposed database contained records for approximately 6,600 individuals and business contacts, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, tax identification numbers, and company details. A small number of internal operator accounts also had passwords stored as MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Websites Tax IDs Company Information
  • Records: 20,354
  • Lines: 1,814,077
  • Size: 177.06 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, Institut Marquès allegedly suffered a data breach. Institut Marquès is a Barcelona-based assisted-reproduction and IVF medical clinic. It has been reported that the exposed data belonged to approximately 120,000 individuals. Reports suggest the compromised information included full names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, government ID numbers, marital statuses, geographic locations, job and insurance details, and health-related information linked to fertility treatment. No passwords were reportedly included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Geographic Locations Government IDs Health Information Insurance Information Job Information Marital Statuses Names Phone Numbers
  • Records: 375,221
  • Lines: 997,372
  • Size: 115.96 MB
  • Passwords: No
In September 2023, the Spanish telecommunications provider PTV Telecom allegedly suffered a data breach. PTV Telecom is a regional fiber-optic and mobile operator serving southern Spain. Reports suggest the breach exposed approximately 113,000 client records containing email addresses, full names, dates of birth, phone numbers, physical addresses, and national identity documents (DNI/NIE). The data was publicly shared on BreachForums by a threat actor named Ddarknotevil.
  • Date: Sep 2023
  • Domain: ptvtelecom.com
  • Threat Actor: Ddarknotevil
  • Country: Spain
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Bank Account Information Government IDs Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 347,788
  • Lines: 3,109,622
  • Size: 933.86 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2024, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (MECD), known for managing educational policy in Spain, suffered a data breach. The data included information about personnel, reportedly affecting approximately 31,000 individuals. Among the compromised data were names, email addresses, job descriptions, and geographic locations.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Geographic Locations Job Information
  • Records: 31,800
  • Lines: 31,801
  • Size: 6.59 MB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before 2022, Lalo Electronica (laloelectronica.com), a Spanish consumer electronics online retailer based in the Canary Islands, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest that approximately 13,000 customer records were exposed, including email addresses, BCrypt-hashed passwords, full names, phone numbers, geographic locations, government IDs, genders, IP addresses, site activity, company information, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Government IDs Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 15,565
  • Lines: 1,965,164
  • Size: 122.63 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.