Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

In 2024, sxcrani.org — an educational institution based in Ranchi, India — allegedly suffered a data breach, with the data subsequently shared on a hacking forum. It has been reported that approximately 9,800 student and staff records were exposed, including email addresses, full names, dates of birth, phone numbers, family members' names and contact numbers, national identification (Aadhaar) numbers, postal addresses, and passwords stored as MD5 and bcrypt hashes.
  • Date: 2024
  • Domain: sxcrani.org
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Family Members Job Information Birthdates
  • Records: 9,928
  • Lines: 9,931
  • Size: 3.09 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2026, Bharat National Multimedia Institute (bnmiindia.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. BNMI is an Indian multimedia and computer-training institute that operates through a network of franchise centres. Reports suggest approximately 300 records were exposed, including email addresses, usernames, full names, plaintext passwords, MD5 password hashes, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, geographic locations, and IP addresses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 314
  • Lines: 320
  • Size: 76.9 KB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, MD5
Sometime before 2021, Platoonline (platoonline.com), an Indian online exam-preparation and e-learning platform, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the site's database was published on a hacking forum, exposing data on approximately 4,200 users. The compromised data reportedly included email addresses, MD5-hashed passwords, full names, phone numbers, genders, account creation dates and location information.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: platoonline.com
  • Threat Actor: luszxis
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Company Information
  • Records: 8,449
  • Lines: 1,171,197
  • Size: 6.72 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
In January 2024, JPencil (jpencil.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. JPencil is reported to be a digital media marketing company serving a largely Indian user base. Reports suggest its website user database was exposed, comprising records for approximately 5,800 users. The compromised data allegedly included names, email addresses, phone numbers, account timestamps, and passwords stored as MySQL PASSWORD() (SHA-1-based) hashes.
  • Date: Jan 2024
  • Domain: jpencil.com
  • Threat Actor: IntelBroker
  • Country: India
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Site Activity
  • Records: 5,896
  • Lines: 5,897
  • Size: 995.52 KB
  • Passwords: MySQL, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2025, a directory of Central Bank of India (centralbankofindia.co.in), one of India's largest public-sector banks, was allegedly leaked and shared on hacking forums. Reports suggest the file contained approximately 90 of the bank's regional-office records, including office region, physical address, district, PIN code, city, state, landline and mobile phone numbers and role-based email addresses. The data describes the bank's regional offices rather than individual customers, and no passwords were included.
  • Data: Email Addresses Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations
  • Records: 90
  • Lines: 81
  • Size: 24.34 KB
  • Passwords: No
Sometime before 2025, the Indian chartered-accountancy community portal CAsansaar (casansaar.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest data on approximately 200,000 members was exposed. The compromised information reportedly includes email addresses, usernames, real names, MD5-hashed passwords, mobile phone numbers, cities, and IP addresses.
  • Date: 2025
  • Domain: casansaar.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: Forums & Communities
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses CUPS Number
  • Records: 200,414
  • Lines: 105,499
  • Size: 22.75 MB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2025, the Indian diamond and gemstone trading company Sanghvi Sons (sanghvisons.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a client database of approximately 3,500 business contacts was exposed, including email addresses, contact names, company names and mobile phone numbers. No passwords were included. The dataset was subsequently redistributed on several hacking forums.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Company Information mobile new email old email
  • Records: 3,492
  • Lines: 3,494
  • Size: 260.97 KB
  • 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.