Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In July 2015, the French Pokémon site Pokébip suffered a data breach which exposed 657k subscriber identities. The data included email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses IP Addresses Passwords Site Activity Time Zones Usernames
  • Records: 646,253
  • Lines: 1,017,917
  • Size: 260.97 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 84%
On February 19, 2021, the French Central Laboratory suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive COVID-19 records of 491,842 individuals. This breach revealed extensive personal information, including full names, birth names, first names, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, fax numbers, social status details, and additional data.
  • Date: Feb 19, 2021
  • Country: France
  • Category: Healthcare
  • Data: Birthdates Blood Types Email Addresses Genders Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Social Security Numbers
  • Records: 491,843
  • Lines: 491,849
  • Size: 322.08 MB
  • Passwords: No
In July 2022, the French telecommunications company La Poste Mobile was the target of an attack by the LockBit ransomware which resulted in company data being published publicly. The impacted data included 533k unique email addresses along with names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of births, genders and banking information. 10 days after the attack, the La Poste Mobile website remained offline.
  • Data: Bank Account Information Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations
  • Records: 479,628
  • Lines: 479,668
  • Size: 91.72 MB
  • Passwords: WordPress
  • Cracked: 0%
In June 2021, the French publishing house Short Édition, known for its focus on short literature, reportedly suffered a data breach that exposed 505,000 records. The compromised data included names, usernames, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, and passwords stored as either salted SHA-1 or salted SHA-512 hashes.
  • Data: Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Names Passwords Phone Numbers Physical Locations Social Profiles Usernames
  • Records: 513,320
  • Lines: 513,327
  • Size: 227.3 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1 Salted, SHA-512 Salted
  • 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.