Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

Sometime before September 2023, the online forum of the British Cactus and Succulent Society (bcss.org.uk), a UK hobbyist society, allegedly suffered a data breach that exposed its phpBB member database. Reports attribute the leak to a threat actor using the handle Tanaka and suggest around 6,600 individuals were affected. The compromised data included usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords stored as argon2id, bcrypt and phpBB phpass hashes.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: bcss.org.uk
  • Threat Actor: Tanaka
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles
  • Records: 8,336
  • Lines: 9,905,355
  • Size: 797.31 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, Hashed Salted, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2022, anotherslice.com (Another Slice), a UK-based membership and subscription platform, allegedly suffered a data breach of its subscriber records. Reports suggest a threat actor published a customer database of approximately 2,300 subscribers. The exposed data reportedly included full names, email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, billing addresses, and subscription and last-charge dates. No passwords were included.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 2,297
  • Lines: 2,298
  • Size: 386.51 KB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before 2025, Evergreen Hedging (evergreenhedging.com), a UK-based company supplying evergreen hedging plants direct to customers, allegedly suffered a data breach of its WooCommerce/WordPress store. It has been reported that around 2,900 individuals were affected, with the exposed data including email addresses, names, usernames, geographic locations (UK postcodes and cities), account activity dates, and a small number of bcrypt- and phpass-hashed staff passwords.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: evergreenhedging.com
  • Threat Actor: KaruHunters
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 5,731
  • Lines: 2,265,052
  • Size: 404.44 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2025, Damsons Estate Administration (damsonsestateadministration.co.uk) allegedly suffered a data breach. Damsons Estate Administration is a UK-based estate administration and will-writing service. Reports suggest the exposed database contained approximately 3,000 records relating to customers and their will enquiries, including full names, email addresses and phone numbers. No passwords were included in the exposed data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 3,278
  • Size: 728.05 KB
  • Passwords: No
In October 2015, MTS (m-t-s.co.uk), a UK-based CD/DVD/USB media duplication and print production company based in Cardiff, Wales, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data contained customer, supplier, and delivery records for approximately 3,000 individuals, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, postal and geographic locations, and company information. No passwords were reported to be included.
  • Date: Oct 27, 2015
  • Domain: m-t-s.co.uk
  • Threat Actor: R00TBF
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: Industry
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Company Information
  • Records: 5,378
  • Lines: 5,384
  • Size: 810.77 KB
  • Passwords: No
In 2023, the UK online technology retailer Smartteck (smartteck.co.uk) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data originated from the store's Magento database and affected approximately 20,000 individuals. The compromised information reportedly included email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, usernames, site activity, and passwords stored as salted MD5 and salted SHA-256 hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 20,816
  • Lines: 29,301,940
  • Size: 4.15 GB
  • Passwords: MD5 Salted, SHA-256 Salted
  • Cracked: 0%
In July 2025, a dataset attributed to the British footwear retailer Clarks (clarks.com) was allegedly published on a hacking forum. Reports suggest the leak exposed approximately 50,000 customers, predominantly from the United Kingdom. The exposed data allegedly included full names, email addresses, physical mailing addresses, and phone numbers; no passwords were included. The attribution to Clarks has not been independently confirmed.
  • Date: Jul 2025
  • Domain: clarks.com
  • Threat Actor: RL000
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations
  • Records: 50,000
  • Lines: 50,001
  • Size: 3.61 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.