Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In December 2020, the French online mail-sending service ServicePostal (servicepostal.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. ServicePostal lets individuals and businesses send physical letters online. Reports suggest the exposed data affected approximately 227,000 people and included email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, physical and geographic locations, IP addresses, order and company information, partial credit card and bank account (IBAN) details, and passwords stored mostly as an unidentified hash format alongside some in plaintext.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Credit Card Information Bank Account Information Order Information IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 1,449,886
  • Lines: 26,573,589
  • Size: 6.18 GB
  • Passwords: Unknown, Plaintext
In approximately October 2020, the French vehicle-rental service UCAR (ucar.fr) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed approximately 135,000 records belonging to its members. The exposed data allegedly included email addresses, full names, home and mobile phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth and geographic locations. No passwords were reported as part of the exposure.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Birthdates
  • Records: 134,805
  • Lines: 134,846
  • Size: 117.47 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2018, Mediaserv, a French Caribbean internet service provider operating in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Réunion, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing customer and administrative records. Reports suggest approximately 23,000 individuals were affected, with compromised data including email addresses, plaintext and hashed passwords, full names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, genders, dates of birth, and job titles.
  • Date: 2018
  • Domain: mediaserv.net
  • Country: France
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Job Information Birthdates
  • Records: 23,694
  • Lines: 181,976
  • Size: 57.89 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, MD5Crypt
  • Cracked: 105%
In December 2020, the recruitment portal TURNOVER-IT.com, which specializes in connecting companies with IT and IS professionals, suffered a data breach. It has been reported that approximately 196,691 users were affected. Among the compromised data were email addresses, hashed passwords, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, IP addresses, websites, dates of birth, employment history, hobbies, and CVs.
  • Date: Dec 18, 2020
  • Domain: turnover-it.com
  • Country: France
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Websites Job Information Company Information Birthdates Personal Interests
  • Records: 266,004
  • Lines: 1,998,474
  • Size: 933.21 MB
  • Passwords: Unknown
In 2022, the marketing company Mobbiz.fr, which specializes in direct marketing on cell phones and PDAs, experienced a data breach. The incident exposed approximately 1.5 million lines of data. Some of the leaked data includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, messages and passwords.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: mobbiz.fr
  • Country: France
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Messages Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 1,113,287
  • Lines: 1,501,088
  • Size: 374.96 MB
  • Passwords: MD5, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In June 2022, the French online retailer Lifebox (lifebox.fr) allegedly suffered a data breach. Lifebox is a French e-commerce site selling home safety equipment such as smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors. Reports suggest the data of approximately 76,000 customers was exposed, including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, IP addresses, and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
  • Date: Jun 2022
  • Threat Actor: LeakBase
  • Country: France
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 79,035
  • Lines: 441,777
  • Size: 68.08 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2023, Havet Digital, a French B2B print and digital services company operating the my.havetdigital.fr and EasilyPrint platforms, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database — a 15 GB SQL dump combining multiple internal systems — affected approximately 110,000 individuals, including transport company employees, print-platform customers, and supplier contacts. The compromised data allegedly includes email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, account creation and activity dates, and hashed passwords (SHA-1, MD5, and BCrypt).
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity
  • Records: 3,155,733
  • Lines: 13,137,347
  • Size: 15.87 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5, SHA-1
  • 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.