Breach Intelligence

6,875

Total breached databases

In 2021, Carinfo.app, an Indian automotive platform that provides vehicle-related data and services, reportedly experienced a significant data breach. The incident exposed approximately 6,902,607 records out of a dataset totaling nearly 7 million entries, with a data size of around 2.48 GB. While no passwords were included in the breach, the compromised information reportedly consisted of names and detailed vehicle-related data, including vehicle models, colors, chassis numbers, motor details, and other associated attributes.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: carinfo.app
  • Country: India
  • Category: Automotive
  • Data: Names Vehicle Information
  • Records: 7,000,000
  • Lines: 7,000,000
  • Size: 2.48 GB
  • Passwords: No
In September 2021, the Indian school management system Neverskip (parent.neverskip.com) suffered a data breach that exposed over 5 million users. The account profile on the network contains names, phone numbers, hashed (md5) and dehashed password etc. The website was breached by @PieWithNothing.
  • Date: Sep 2021
  • Domain: neverskip.com
  • Threat Actor: PieWithNothing
  • Country: India
  • Category: Technology
  • Data: Education Names Passwords Phone Numbers Site Activity
  • Records: 5,051,745
  • Lines: 5,051,746
  • Size: 340.36 MB
  • Passwords: ?
In December 2021, Indian retailer Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd was breached and ransomed. The ransom demand was allegedly rejected and data containing 5.4M unique email addresses was subsequently dumped publicly on a popular hacking forum the next month. The data contained extensive personal customer information including names, phone numbers, physical addresses, DoBs, order histories and passwords stored as MD5 hashes. Employee data was also dumped publicly and included salary grades, marital statuses and religions.
  • Data: Email Addresses Genders Names Passwords Phone Numbers
  • Records: 4,491,865
  • Lines: 4,491,921
  • Size: 1.25 GB
  • Passwords: MD5
  • Cracked: 97%
In June 2022, the Indian social live streaming and short videos community for women app Pankhuri suffered a data breach that exposed more 600k customer records.The exposed data included email and usersnames, names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers.
  • Date: Jun 2022
  • Domain: pankhuri.co
  • Country: India
  • Category: Social Media & Communication
  • Data: Balances Birthdates Email Addresses Genders Geographic Locations Names Personal Interests Phone Numbers Profile Photos Site Activity Usernames
  • Records: 659,444
  • Lines: 659,444
  • Size: 496.55 MB
  • Passwords: No
In January 2020, Elanic, an Indian fashion marketplace, allegedly suffered a data breach after 2.8 million records, including 2.3 million unique email addresses, were posted publicly on a popular hacking forum. Elanic confirmed that the data originated from one of their test servers where it had been exposed publicly and described the breach as involving “old” data, reportedly dating from 2016 to 2018.
  • Data: Email Addresses Geographic Locations Usernames
  • Records: 2,798,911
  • Lines: 2,798,912
  • Size: 448.54 MB
  • Passwords: No
In 2021, ZEE5, an Indian over-the-top streaming service operated by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, experienced a data breach. Reports indicate that the breach affected approximately 1 million users. Among the compromised data were email addresses, names, phone numbers, usernames, birthdates, and details of site activity.
  • Date: 2021
  • Domain: zee5.com
  • Country: India
  • Category: Streaming & Entertainment
  • Data: Email Addresses Names Phone Numbers Usernames Birthdates Site Activity
  • Records: 1,000,045
  • Lines: 1,000,046
  • Size: 89.29 MB
  • Passwords: No
In February 2019, the "world’s Best Caller ID and Spam Blocking app" Truecaller suffered a data breach that impacted 286 million Indian users. The breach led to the exposure of data including Phone Numbers, Phone Carriers, Full names, Genders, Locations, Job Titles, Company Names, Email Addresses, Websites, Facebook IDs and Twitter Usernames.
  • Data: Company Information Email Addresses Genders Geographic Locations Job Information Names Phone Numbers Social Profiles Telecom Providers Websites
  • Records: 286,411,304
  • Lines: 286,413,805
  • Size: 33.33 GB
  • 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.