Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2018, Twycross Zoo (twycrosszoo.org), a charitable zoo located in Leicestershire, England, allegedly suffered a data breach affecting its WordPress installation. Reports suggest a small number of records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, full names, PHPass password hashes, and website URLs.
  • Date: 2018
  • Domain: twycrosszoo.org
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Animals & Pets
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 4
  • Lines: 2,067
  • Size: 2.78 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2019, Kidsparties.co.uk allegedly suffered a data breach. The site is a UK-based online directory and marketplace connecting parents with children's party service providers. Reports suggest approximately 117 records were exposed, including email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, website URLs, and SHA-1 hashed passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Websites
  • Records: 117
  • Lines: 194
  • Size: 121.69 KB
  • Passwords: SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2011, Codemasters allegedly experienced a data breach. Codemasters is a British video game developer known for producing popular racing games such as the F1 series and Dirt. Reports suggest that approximately 28,000 records were exposed, including names, phone numbers, and geographic locations. No password data was compromised.
  • Data: Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations
  • Records: 27,735
  • Lines: 27,759
  • Size: 8.16 MB
  • Passwords: No
In January 2021, UKScrappers, a forum dedicated to the scrapbooking community in the UK, allegedly suffered a data breach that impacted approximately 50,400 users. Reports suggest that the breach included email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and passwords stored as vBulletin hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses
  • Records: 45,219
  • Lines: 50,500
  • Size: 8.78 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 90%
In May 2020, HiluxSurf.co.uk, a UK-based community and resource site for Toyota Hilux Surf enthusiasts, allegedly experienced a data breach. Reports suggest that the breach affected approximately 138,000 records. Compromised data includes email addresses, passwords (stored as BCrypt and vBulletin hashes), names, usernames, government IDs, IP addresses, site activity, social profiles, websites, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Government IDs IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 137,750
  • Lines: 137,909
  • Size: 65.26 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, vBulletin
  • Cracked: 87%
In 2016, GamingDeluxe, a UK-based company specializing in game server hosting, allegedly suffered a data breach. GamingDeluxe is a UK-based company that provides game server hosting services for various multiplayer games. They specialize in hosting popular game servers and offering related gaming infrastructure services. Reports suggest that approximately 11,000 records were compromised. The exposed data includes email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, site activity, social profiles, websites, birthdates, and vBulletin encrypted passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Birthdates
  • Records: 11,461
  • Lines: 11,627
  • Size: 10.28 MB
  • Passwords: vBulletin
  • Cracked: 39%
In 2019, Teams at King's College, Cambridge, allegedly suffered a data breach. Teams at King's College, Cambridge is a website associated with King's College, which is part of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. It likely serves an educational function relating to the college's academic or extracurricular teams. Reports suggest that approximately 2,300 records were compromised. The exposed data included email addresses, passwords, usernames, site activity, and social profiles. The passwords were reportedly hashed using PHPass.
  • Date: 2019
  • Domain: teamskc.co.uk
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Records: 2,321
  • Lines: 3,168
  • Size: 1.65 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • 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.