Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In March 2019, the French arts & crafts retailer Boesner (boesner.fr) allegedly suffered a data breach. Boesner is a retailer of fine-art and creative supplies serving artists and crafters in France. Reports suggest approximately 92,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, genders, IP addresses and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 97,547
  • Lines: 2,228,710
  • Size: 342.15 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime in or before 2016, the French Minecraft community server HexionMC (hexionmc.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 3,200 user records were exposed from the site's XenForo forum, including email addresses, usernames, genders, geographic locations, site activity, social profiles, websites, and job information. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Job Information
  • Records: 3,246
  • Lines: 25,597
  • Size: 8.14 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2020, maison-energy.com, a French online retailer of home energy and heating products, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed data belonging to approximately 100,000 individuals, including email addresses, names, passwords, geographic locations, genders, site activity, and dates of birth. Passwords were stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 696,211
  • Lines: 8,364,344
  • Size: 656.96 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, Magic Xperience (magic-xperience.com), a French e-commerce company selling augmented reality toys and collectibles, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 9,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, usernames, passwords, and language preferences.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Site Activity Languages
  • Records: 9,214
  • Lines: 841,179
  • Size: 208.47 MB
  • Passwords: Drupal
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2020, the French e-commerce website Frenchrosa.com (frenchrosa.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Frenchrosa is a PrestaShop-based online retailer serving customers in France. Reports suggest approximately 37,000 individuals were affected, with exposed data including email addresses, names, hashed passwords (BCrypt and MD5), birth dates, phone numbers, genders, IP addresses, and account activity dates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 38,868
  • Lines: 70,939
  • Size: 14.86 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2017, Batiref (batiref.fr) allegedly suffered a data breach. Batiref was a French online directory connecting homeowners with construction and renovation professionals. Reports suggest approximately 11,000 individuals were exposed, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, site activity, job information, company information, and passwords stored as SHA-1 and PHPass hashes.
  • Date: 2017
  • Domain: batiref.fr
  • Country: France
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Job Information Company Information
  • Records: 27,812
  • Lines: 210,017
  • Size: 33.12 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In August 2016, the French Minecraft Forge community forum Minecraftforgefrance.fr allegedly suffered a data breach. The forum was a French-language community dedicated to Minecraft Forge modding, powered by MyBB. Reports suggest approximately 1,500 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, MyBB password hashes, geographic locations, websites, social profiles, and site activity.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Social Profiles Websites
  • Records: 1,769
  • Lines: 85,975
  • Size: 76.09 MB
  • Passwords: MyBB
  • 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.