Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2022, NationsGlory (nationsglory.fr), a popular French Minecraft PvP server and game launcher, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the server's user database was extracted and shared on hacking forums. It has been reported that approximately 399,000 player records were exposed, including usernames, IP addresses, and account passwords stored as SHA-1 hashes.
  • Data: Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 399,070
  • Lines: 399,070
  • Size: 55.31 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2025, a contact database belonging to Cartogip (cartogip.fr), a French web-based geographic-information-system platform developed by GIP ATGeRi that provides mapping and geospatial services to local governments, was allegedly leaked on a hacking forum. Reports suggest approximately 1,200 contact records were exposed. The compromised data reportedly included the names, mobile and landline phone numbers, job titles, and affiliated organisations of the contacts, most of whom are officials of local municipalities in the Gironde region of France.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: cartogip.fr
  • Country: France
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Job Information Company Information
  • Records: 1,210
  • Lines: 1,209
  • Size: 303.96 KB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before July 2026, Saint-Herblain, a French commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, allegedly suffered a data breach affecting its municipal staff directory (saint-herblain.fr). It has been reported that the directory was subsequently published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest approximately 1,200 municipal employees were exposed, including full names, work email addresses, internal usernames, job titles and departments, and office and mobile phone numbers. No passwords were included.
  • Date: 2026
  • Domain: saint-herblain.fr
  • Threat Actor: misere
  • Country: France
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Job Information
  • Records: 1,232
  • Lines: 1,233
  • Size: 173.92 KB
  • Passwords: No
In November 2025, the French business school Grenoble École de Management (grenobleecoledemanagement.com) allegedly suffered a data breach following unauthorised VPS access. Grenoble École de Management is a graduate business school based in Grenoble, France. Reports suggest an internal email-marketing and CRM export covering approximately 337,000 subscribers, prospects, students, alumni and professionals was exposed, including email addresses, names, genders, phone numbers, physical and geographic locations, usernames, IP addresses, job and company information, education details, and marketing/subscription metadata. No passwords were included.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Job Information Company Information Education Personal Information
  • Records: 437,902
  • Lines: 448,221
  • Size: 1.36 GB
  • Passwords: No
In January 2026, the website of the French municipality of Venoy (mairie-venoy.fr) allegedly suffered a data breach via SQL injection. It has been reported that a threat actor extracted the site's user database, containing information on approximately 92 residents. The exposed records reportedly included names, email addresses, postal addresses, and MD5-hashed passwords — a portion of which had already been cracked to plaintext.
  • Date: Jan 31, 2026
  • Domain: mairie-venoy.fr
  • Threat Actor: InfinityBreach Group
  • Country: France
  • Category: Government
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Physical Locations Geographic Locations
  • Records: 91
  • Lines: 94
  • Size: 13.13 KB
  • Passwords: MD5, Plaintext
Sometime before 2025, Alpis Immo (alpissimmo.fr), a French real estate agency specialising in Alpine holiday and property rentals, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a database export was exposed, comprising website contact-form submissions and newsletter subscriptions. The exposed data related to approximately 500 individuals and included names, email addresses, and phone numbers. No passwords were included.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: alpissimmo.fr
  • Threat Actor: misere
  • Country: France
  • Category: Real Estate
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers
  • Records: 549
  • Lines: 3,199,896
  • Size: 791.77 MB
  • Passwords: ?
Sometime before 2025, a dataset containing contact information for members of the French National Assembly (assemblee-nationale.fr) was allegedly compiled from various sources and published on a hacking forum. It has been reported that the data covered around 127 deputies. The exposed records reportedly included full names, parliamentary email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses. No passwords were included.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Company Information
  • Records: 104
  • Lines: 105
  • Size: 10.87 KB
  • 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.