Breach Intelligence

6,874

Total breached databases

Sometime before 2023, the freelancing and marketplace platform AltWork (hosted on the staging domain awsstaged.in) allegedly suffered a data breach exposing a development database. AltWork was an Upwork-style platform for connecting freelancers and clients, developed in India. Reports suggest the dump contained approximately 2,900 records covering around 490 unique individuals, and also included data from an embedded live-chat system. The exposed information included email addresses, names, bcrypt-hashed passwords, phone numbers, IP addresses, geographic locations, websites, bios, and company information.
  • Date: 2022
  • Domain: awsstaged.in
  • Country: India
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations IP Addresses Websites Company Information Bios
  • Records: 2,889
  • Lines: 276,816
  • Size: 28.81 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before November 2022, the Indian online retailer Artistitch (artistitch.in), a WordPress/WooCommerce store selling handcrafted handbags and accessories, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest a database dump exposing approximately 100 customer accounts was compromised. The leaked data reportedly included email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, and passwords stored as WordPress phpass hashes.
  • Date: Nov 22, 2022
  • Domain: artistitch.in
  • Country: India
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 246
  • Lines: 287,334
  • Size: 58.47 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2022, the Indian real estate platform Global India Real Estate (globalindiarealestate.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database contained approximately 4,000 individuals' records, including email addresses, names, usernames, bcrypt-hashed passwords, phone numbers, company information, and geographic locations.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Company Information
  • Records: 4,396
  • Lines: 144,675
  • Size: 13.52 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2023, the Indian online grocery and multi-store delivery platform Anxion (anxion.co.in) allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed database contained approximately 400 records, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, dates of birth, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Birthdates
  • Records: 638
  • Lines: 37,276
  • Size: 2.39 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt
  • Cracked: 0%
In August 2022, the Indian B2B trade platform ANNEXTrades (annextrades.com) allegedly suffered a data breach. ANNEXTrades is a business-to-business marketplace connecting suppliers and buyers. It has been reported that a full database dump was exposed, affecting approximately 18 thousand individuals. The compromised data allegedly included email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, physical and geographic locations, IP addresses, genders, company information, and passwords stored in plaintext as well as BCrypt and SHA-256 hashes.
  • Date: Aug 4, 2022
  • Domain: annextrades.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Physical Locations Geographic Locations Usernames Genders IP Addresses Company Information
  • Records: 85,287
  • Lines: 899,887
  • Size: 300.85 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, BCrypt, SHA-256
Sometime in or after January 2021, the Indian digital signature certificate provider Analytix (analytix.org) allegedly suffered a data breach. Analytix operates as an e-Mudhra registration authority, selling Class 2 and Class 3 digital signature certificates for income-tax and government e-filing. It has been reported that the exposed database contained approximately 800 records, including email addresses, full names, phone numbers, postal addresses, company information and passwords, with most account passwords stored as an unrecognised hash format and a small number of administrator passwords stored in plaintext.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Company Information
  • Records: 967
  • Lines: 54,796
  • Size: 1.72 MB
  • Passwords: Plaintext, Unknown
In July 2022, the Atal Incubation Centre – Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (AIC-RMP) Foundation (aic-rmp.org), an Indian startup incubator supported by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exported site database, containing approximately 52,000 unique email addresses, was exposed. The compromised data included email addresses, usernames, names, phone numbers, birthdates, geographic locations, company information and site activity, alongside a small number of administrator and member account passwords stored as PHPass, BCrypt and MD5 hashes.
  • Date: Jul 2022
  • Domain: aic-rmp.org
  • Country: India
  • Category: Education
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity Company Information Birthdates
  • Records: 109,679
  • Lines: 328,830
  • Size: 171.18 MB
  • Passwords: BCrypt, MD5, 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.