Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2018, The Healthy House, an e-commerce business specializing in products to reduce allergens and pollutants in homes, allegedly experienced a security breach. Reports suggest that approximately 6,708 records were exposed. The compromised data included email addresses and passwords encrypted with MD5 and salt.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords
  • Records: 6,708
  • Lines: 6,768
  • Size: 1.26 MB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
Laptopmania, a British online retailer specializing in the sale of laptops and related computer accessories, allegedly suffered a data breach in 2024. It is reported that the incident exposed approximately 1,470 users. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses, passwords, names, and site activity. The passwords were reportedly stored using MD5 hashing.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Site Activity
  • Records: 1,470
  • Lines: 1,479
  • Size: 149.89 KB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2020, the music industry newsletter and website Record of the Day, focused on music journalism and providing a daily briefing on new music releases, industry news, and upcoming artists, allegedly suffered a data breach. It has been reported that approximately 4,397 users were exposed. Some of the leaked data includes email addresses, passwords, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, site activity, websites, company information, and birthdates.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity Websites Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 4,397
  • Lines: 4,398
  • Size: 1.88 MB
  • Passwords: Unknown
A CSV file containing approximately 1,402,971 user records, reportedly from the United Kingdom, surfaced on the internet from an unknown source. Details about the origin or cause of the breach remain unclear. Among the compromised data were names, email addresses, and physical addresses.
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Others
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Physical Locations
  • Records: 1,400,000
  • Lines: 1,402,971
  • Size: 123.15 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.