Breach Intelligence

6,871

Total breached databases

In 2023, GoSearch.in, an Indian hyperlocal business discovery and delivery platform serving Gujarat, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 6,000 user accounts were exposed, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, SHA-1 and PHPass hashed passwords, geographic addresses, and birthdates.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: gosearch.in
  • Country: India
  • Category: E-commerce & Retail
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 15,618
  • Lines: 138,455
  • Size: 24.1 MB
  • Passwords: PHPass, SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2020, the vtiger CRM system used by Renault India, the Indian subsidiary of French automaker Renault, was allegedly breached. Renault India operates an extended warranty and annual maintenance contract (AMC) management platform for its Indian dealer network. Reports suggest the breach exposed approximately 10,000 records, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, vehicle chassis and plate numbers, and MD5 and MD5Crypt password hashes belonging to CRM users and customers.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Site Activity License Plate Numbers Vehicle Information
  • Records: 30,776
  • Lines: 10,194,198
  • Size: 1.12 GB
  • Passwords: MD5, MD5Crypt
  • Cracked: 0%
Sometime before 2024, Zeengal Technologies, an Indian software development company based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data originates from a shared hosting server containing databases for multiple client applications built by the company, including an MLM referral platform, a coaching management system, a cook-booking service, and a job portal. Approximately 4,000 individuals were allegedly affected, with compromised data including email addresses, names, phone numbers, passwords, dates of birth, genders, physical locations, bank account information, and bios.
  • Date: 2023
  • Domain: zeengal.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Bank Account Information Genders Websites Birthdates Bios
  • Records: 99,049
  • Lines: 17,013,146
  • Size: 2.04 GB
  • Passwords: MD5, PHPass
  • Cracked: 0%
In February 2023, the Athletics Federation of India (indianathletics.in), the national governing body for athletics in India, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest approximately 200,000 individuals were exposed, including email addresses, plaintext passwords, names, phone numbers, dates of birth, geographic locations, usernames, government IDs, family member names, genders, nationalities, and site activity related to registered athletes.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Government IDs Family Members Genders Site Activity Birthdates Nationalities
  • Records: 662,864
  • Lines: 13,972,436
  • Size: 2.71 GB
  • Passwords: Plaintext
Sometime before 2015, Aasaanjobs.com allegedly suffered a data breach. Aasaanjobs.com was an Indian online jobs marketplace connecting blue-collar and entry-level workers with employers. It has been reported that approximately 22,000 records were exposed, including email addresses, Django-hashed passwords, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, site activity, and birthdates.
  • Date: 2015
  • Domain: aasaanjobs.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: Professional & Corporate
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 24,114
  • Lines: 51,244
  • Size: 9.2 MB
  • Passwords: Django
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2017, Click4m (click4m.madhyamam.com), the classifieds and community platform of the Madhyamam Media Group — a major Malayalam-language newspaper and media organisation based in Kerala, India — allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the incident exposed approximately 12,000 individual user records, including email addresses, SHA-1 password hashes, full names, phone numbers, dates of birth, and relationship statuses.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Relationship Statuses Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 18,727
  • Lines: 48,383
  • Size: 14.33 MB
  • Passwords: SHA-1
  • Cracked: 0%
In 2021, aspirebuzz.com, an Indian online education and exam coaching platform, allegedly suffered a data breach. Reports suggest the exposed data includes information on approximately 61,000 individuals, comprising email addresses, usernames, Drupal password hashes, names, phone numbers, geographic locations, genders, birthdates, and site activity data. A small subset of student records also contained plaintext passwords.
  • Data: Email Addresses Passwords Names Phone Numbers Geographic Locations Usernames Genders Site Activity Birthdates
  • Records: 79,200
  • Lines: 238,601
  • Size: 36.13 MB
  • Passwords: Drupal
  • Cracked: 2%

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.