Breach Intelligence

6,872

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2018, the UK gaming website AllAboutTheGames.co.uk allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the database of approximately 1,200 users was exposed and later circulated on hacking forums, including as part of the Cit0day collection. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, usernames, real names, dates of birth, IP addresses, social media profiles, geographic locations, and passwords stored as md5crypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Social Profiles Birthdates
  • Records: 1,206
  • Lines: 1,207
  • Size: 141.05 KB
  • Passwords: MD5Crypt
  • Cracked: 0%
At an unknown date, Yealm U3A (yealmu3a.org.uk), a UK-based University of the Third Age lifelong-learning group for the Yealm area of Devon, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a small membership database of approximately 30 members was exposed. The compromised data allegedly included names, usernames, email addresses, genders and plaintext passwords.
  • Domain: yealmu3a.org.uk
  • Threat Actor: bRpsd
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity
  • Records: 30
  • Lines: 36
  • Size: 2.67 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
The website pccongress.org.uk, the registration site for the UK's Palliative Care Congress run by the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 600 records were exposed, largely belonging to UK NHS, hospice and academic healthcare professionals. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses and passwords stored as MD5 hashes, many of which had already been cracked to plaintext.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations
  • Records: 586
  • Lines: 1,212
  • Size: 60.37 KB
  • Passwords: MD5, Plaintext
In November 2016, carbootjunction.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Carbootjunction.com was a UK-based listings site for car boot sales. It has been reported that approximately 8,200 records were exposed. The compromised data reportedly includes email addresses, names, usernames, MD5 password hashes, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 8,210
  • Lines: 8,209
  • Size: 841.2 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Futureshop.co.uk, a United Kingdom online retail store, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 96,000 records were exposed, including email addresses and salted MD5-hashed passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 96,486
  • Lines: 96,486
  • Size: 5.6 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before December 2015, asuslaptop.net, a UK-based online retailer of ASUS laptops and related computer hardware, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 4,000 customer records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, MD5-hashed passwords, and site activity data.
  • Date: Dec 15, 2015
  • Domain: asuslaptop.net
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 4,061
  • Lines: 4,065
  • Size: 412.21 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In or around November 2022, thetaskforceapp.com (The TaskForce App), a UK-based task and gig marketplace application, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data affected approximately 85 individuals and included email addresses, names, phone numbers, salted SHA-1 password hashes, geographic locations, and site activity.
  • Date: Nov 12, 2022
  • Domain: thetaskforceapp.com
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 144
  • Lines: 15,995
  • Size: 3.65 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1 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.