Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In November 2019, the UK-based coffee enthusiast forum CoffeeFads (coffeefads.co.uk) allegedly suffered a data breach. Running on vBulletin forum software, the site reportedly exposed the details of approximately 8,800 members. It has been reported that the compromised data included email addresses, usernames, MD5 password hashes, cracked plaintext passwords, and IP addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 17,607
  • Lines: 17,609
  • Size: 1.39 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 100%
Sometime before 2024, the UK website auchi.co.uk allegedly suffered a data breach, with the exposed data surfacing as part of a compiled credential collection. It has been reported that approximately 156 records were affected, including email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, and plaintext passwords.
  • Date: 2024
  • Domain: auchi.co.uk
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Others
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 156
  • Lines: 157
  • Size: 9.73 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In September 2026, the UK gaming and roleplay community site Innovation Roleplay (innovationroleplay.co.uk) allegedly suffered a data breach. The exposed data came from the site's PrestaShop customer database. Reports suggest approximately 211 individuals' records were exposed, including email addresses, names, genders, birthdates, phone numbers, geographic locations, and passwords stored as MD5 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 309
  • Lines: 735,042
  • Size: 34.89 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In June 2016, SkoolKit (skoolkit.co.uk), a UK school communication and management platform, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 35,000 user accounts were exposed, including email addresses and passwords hashed with bcrypt and MD5.
  • Date: Jun 6, 2016
  • Domain: skoolkit.co.uk
  • Threat Actor: NullSploit
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 35,216
  • Lines: 35,622
  • Size: 4.91 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In January 2016, Casus Belli (casus-belli.co.uk), a UK online retailer of military books and medals, allegedly suffered a data breach. The exposed customer database, which reportedly held around 9,000 accounts, was published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the compromised data included email addresses, usernames, and unsalted MD5 password hashes.
  • Date: Jan 2016
  • Domain: casus-belli.co.uk
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames
  • Records: 10,777
  • Lines: 10,777
  • Size: 602.54 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In September 2026, the WordPress and WooCommerce website of Vet-Cardio (vet-cardio.co.uk), a UK veterinary cardiology service, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database contained approximately 392 individuals' records, including email addresses, usernames, names, and passwords hashed with bcrypt and phpass, along with some geographic and website details.
  • Date: Sep 4, 2026
  • Domain: vet-cardio.co.uk
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Animals & Pets
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 435
  • Lines: 65,017
  • Size: 13.79 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In March 2025, German Doner Kebab allegedly suffered a data breach, with the data later published on a popular hacking forum. The incident reportedly exposed 162,000 unique email addresses. Among the compromised data were names, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 166,930
  • Lines: 166,931
  • Size: 16.98 MB
  • 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.