Breach Intelligence

6,873

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2023, ExamFlix (examflix.in), an Indian online examination and college-admission counselling platform, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed SQL dump contained approximately 130,000 candidates, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, postal addresses, education details, and plaintext passwords.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: examflix.in
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Birthdates Education
  • Records: 652,280
  • Lines: 9,967,366
  • Size: 1.34 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before 2023, RechargeBoss (rechargeboss.com), an Indian online mobile/DTH recharge and utility-payment service, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a WordPress database was exposed containing roughly 240 records, primarily email addresses and names of registered users and site commenters, along with a WordPress administrator account whose password was stored as a phpass hash.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Usernames Site Activity
  • Records: 239
  • Lines: 17,556,272
  • Size: 9.84 GB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In February 2026, a database from MyLearningPlus (mylearningplus.in), the Rizee learning platform used by Indian students for NEET and JEE exam preparation via Telegram and WhatsApp bots, was allegedly published. Reports suggest the exposed data covered roughly 14,000 distinct individuals, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, plaintext passwords, and student and employee account details, alongside a large volume of exam analytics and bot-message records. The forum post's headline of ~26.5 million rows reflects raw table rows rather than distinct people.
  • Date: Feb 2026
  • Domain: mylearningplus.in
  • Threat Actor: request89
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Messages
  • Records: 17,973
  • Lines: 26,586,822
  • Size: 8.05 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
In 2023, the Indian opinion and discussion platform WeOpined (also known as Opined, weopined.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. WeOpined was a Mumbai-based social publishing platform where users could read, write and discuss opinions on trending topics. Reports suggest the exposed database, put up for sale by a threat actor, contained the accounts of approximately 14,000 registered users (the seller claimed up to 3 million records across the full database), with data including email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, genders, IP addresses, dates of birth, bank account details, private messages, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes as well as some in plain text.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: weopined.com
  • Threat Actor: Chucky
  • Country: India
  • Category: Social Media & Communication
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Bank Account Information Genders IP Addresses Site Activity Social Profiles Websites Messages Birthdates
  • Records: 31,296
  • Lines: 7,677,315
  • Size: 1.55 GB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, Plaintext
In March 2025, BeYoung.in, an Indian online fashion retailer, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database contained records on approximately 5.5 million customers, drawn from tables covering abandoned shopping carts, customer feedback, and transactional emails. The compromised data reportedly included names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, and geographic location details. No passwords were included in the leaked data.
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Birthdates
  • Records: 8,111,371
  • Lines: 29,445,266
  • Size: 6.27 GB
  • Passwords: No
In 2023, the Indian mobile-recharge and domestic money-transfer platform eRecharge ATM (erechargeatm.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a database exported from the company's application was leaked, exposing approximately 18,900 individuals. The exposed data reportedly included email addresses, hashed passwords (SHA-1 and MD5), usernames, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, PAN government identity numbers and financial transaction records.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Financial Information Government IDs IP Addresses Company Information Device Identifiers
  • Records: 20,646
  • Lines: 6,595,610
  • Size: 1.77 GB
  • Passwords: MD5, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2023, Panav Network & Communications (panavnet.com), an Indian internet service provider based in Pune offering broadband, lease-line and dedicated static-IP services, allegedly suffered a data breach of its Synnefo IMS billing and RADIUS platform. Reports suggest the exposed SQL dump contained approximately 11,000 individuals, including usernames, names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, IP and MAC device identifiers, and plaintext passwords.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: panavnet.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: Telecommunications
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames IP Addresses Site Activity Birthdates Device Identifiers
  • Records: 24,648
  • Lines: 12,069,787
  • Size: 3.18 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext

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.